Published: May 16, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

The US National Pork Producers’ Council (NPPC) has welcomed a decision by the New Zealand High Court to allow imports of consumer-ready uncooked pork from countries affected by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.

Published: May 16, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

Russian processing giant Cherkizovo has announced the launch of a turkey meat production joint venture with Spanish agribusiness Grupo Fuertes.

Published: May 16, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

The global poultry sector is expected to benefit from positive market conditions and strong prices in the second quarter of 2012, a Rabobank report has revealed.

Published: May 16, 2012

High Liner Foods has partnered with Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), following which the seafood processor will source wild-caught seafood from only MSC-certified fisheries by next year.

Published: May 16, 2012

Beef Products, a US producer of ammonia-treated beef, said that it will be eliminating an additional 86 jobs. Earlier this month, the company announced that it will be eliminating more than 650 positions and closing three of its four plants.

Published: May 16, 2012

USDA will soon test six more strains of E.coli in raw beef, in an effort to improve food safety. Currently, E. coli 0157:H7, which is the most common type of bacterium, is tested by USDA inspectors at meat-packing plants.

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

The American meat industry has hit back at claims that TG, dubbed as ‘meat glue’, was used to form fake premium cuts from low-quality cuts, in an attempt to avoid a media scandal similar to the ‘pink slime’ controversy.

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

The global pork trade is returning to a more normal situation after months of increased disease-related imports from Asia, according to a Rabobank report.

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

Brazil and Argentina will face increased competition on the international poultry market now that the EU has announced it would lift its bird flu-related ban on raw chicken from Thailand on 1 July 2012, a report has said.

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Shane Starling

Peptide extracts from the Arctic prawn Pandalus Borealis have demonstrated blood pressure benefits via the, “most potent ACE inhibiting peptide concentrate that is reported in scientific literature.”

Published: May 14, 2012

IFA Aquaculture executive, Richie Flynn, said the rules established by Minister Coveney’s department on potential applicants effectively rules out 95 per cent of the industry from availing of the limited funds available.

Published: May 14, 2012

A team of environmental specialists are on the case to discover why more than a dozen eels were found dead in a Gisborne stream.

Published: May 14, 2012

Exports of US poultry for the first quarter of 2012 set year-on-year records in both quantity and value, according to trade data released by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) May 11.

Published: May 14, 2012

US pork exports in the first quarter of 2012 registered 8 percent growth in volume and 20 percent growth in value compared to the comparable period in 2011, according to data compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

Published: May 14, 2012

Danish Crown’s Pork Producer Committee recommended the closure of a slaughter facility in Esbjerg, Denmark, by the end of August.

Published: May 14, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

US pork exports rose 8% in volume and 20% in value in the first quarter of 2012, reaching 598,058 tonnes (t) and US$1.66bn, according to the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

Published: May 14, 2012

Russian agricultural giant Rusagro registered a 53% drop in net profits in 2011, to RUB2.42bn (US$81.2m).

Published: May 14, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

When discussing meat's environmental impact, there is a tendency to focus on greenhouse gas emissions. But the production of soy for feed is also of major concern. Carina Perkins looks at the issues.

Published: May 14, 2012

The agricultural sector in Brazil remains critical to the overall economy per se at some 70% of GDP and employing around 30 million people.

Published: May 14, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

Anaerobic digestion could bring benefits to the UK meat industry's environmental impact, but a lack of clear policy and funding on the issue are holding developments back. Melodie Michel reports.