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February 3, 2012
Morrisons acquires meat processing facility
fleischwirtschaft.com - THE UNITED KINGDOM, Bradford. Morrison Supermarkets plc announced an agreement to acquire a 105,000 sq. ft. meat processing facility from Vion UK Ltd.
February 2, 2012
Changes in US cattle, sheep and lamb inventory
fleischwirtschaft.com - WASHINGTON. On January 1, all US cattle and calves totaled 90.8 mill. head, 2% below the 92.7 mill. total one year earlier, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics Board, US Department of Agriculture.
February 1, 2012
Risk assessment of food and feed from GM animals
fleischwirtschaft.com - ITALY, Parma. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published guidance for the risk assessment of food and feed derived from GM animals and on related animal health and welfare aspects.
January 31, 2012
Young consumers want more information about meat
fleischwirtschaft.com - UK. More than half of consumers aged 18‐24 want to know more about the meat products they buy, according to research commissioned by EBLEX.
January 30, 2012
Cause for concern list published in the UK
fleischwirtschaft.com - UK, London. Starting last week, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is routinely publishing the full list of those meat plants that, on the basis of their audit reports, are considered 'cause for concern'.
January 27, 2012
New company headquarters for Poly-clip System
fleischwirtschaft.com - GERMANY, Hattersheim am Main. Precisely on schedule the company in the field of clip closure technology has moved into its new company headquarters in Hattersheim am Main, Germany.
January 26, 2012
USDA Seeks to Modernize Poultry Inspection
fleischwirtschaft.com - USA, Washington. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing a modernization of young chicken and turkey slaughter inspection in the United States by focusing FSIS inspection resources on the areas of the poultry production system that pose the greatest risk to food safety.
January 25, 2012
New training manuals for improving small-scale pig production
fleischwirtschaft.com - INDIA, Nagaland. A new set of training manuals for pig farmers is now available. The manuals inform poor rural pig farmers in developing countries how to ‘intensify' their production, using lessons gathered from a research-for-development project in India. Among other recommendations, the manuals offer ways of improving smallholder pig farming, including basic veterinary care, and pork production and marketing.
January 24, 2012
Record prices, but negative margins
fleischwirtschaft.com - WASHINGTON. Through the week of December 31, cumulative weekly federally inspected cow slaughter was approximately 5% above the same year earlier period, and was more than 14% above same period in 2009.
January 23, 2012
Canadian food safety funding cuts critised by union
fleischwirtschaft.com - CANADA, Ottawa. Canadian government plans to reduce food safety funding - including resources to combat Listeriosis - have been critised by the union that represents federal food inspectors.
