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UK red meat industry in Hong Kong

17-May-2013 - The UK’s red meat industry has taken part in a mission to Hong Kong to exhibit at food and hospitality tradeshow HOFEX.

Horsemeat: former Freeza director points finger at Europe

16-May-2013 - The ex-director of a meat processor caught up in the European horsemeat scandal has claimed that the fraud was carried out by a big organisation, which specifically targeted burger plants and ready meal manufacturers.

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Medical equipment moves into meat

13-May-2013 - Technology from the medical arena is being adapted for the meat sector by the Danish Meat Research Insitute.

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Marel takes poultry technology into pork

13-May-2013 - Adapting technology used in the poultry sector could help save costs and labour in the pork processing market, according to an equipment manufacturer.

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IFFA 2013: Interview with director of brand management, Ina Stoltze

13-May-2013 - Globalmeatnews.com spoke to IFFA 2013 director of brand management, Ina Stoltze, about this year's show and what it said about the health of the global meat industry, as well as plans for IFFA 2016.

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Multivac claims to buck packaging decline

13-May-2013 - A global player in the packaging sector said it was bucking the general trend and reporting solid growth and was now expanding operations out of its traditional heartland, its leaders informed visitors to the IFFA trade fair in Frankfurt.

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Perten focuses on meat

13-May-2013 - Perten Instruments is moving more heavily into the meat arena with a range of products for NIR analysis of meat products.

Australia red meat exports to MENA soar

13-May-2013 - Australia recorded record red meat exports to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) last month, according to the latest figures from Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).

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Weber highlights x-ray technology

10-May-2013 - A leading slicing business was on hand at IFFA to offer people insight into its latest technology, which it claimed provided more precise control and less waste.

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Casings: China growth drives global market

09-May-2013 - In February this year, Viscofan, one of the world’s biggest casings manufacturers, opened a new factory in China. Costing €27.8m, the new collagen extrusion plant in Suzhou, 80km from Shanghai, is Viscofan’s first outside Europe. Here, cattle and pig hides are processed into artificial collagen casings and sold to sausage manufacturers across China and the rest of Asia.

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Provisur acquires MultiTec

09-May-2013 - Provisur has acquired the assets of German technology company MultiTec GmbH & Co. KG, expanding its global technology, sales, service and manufacturing base.

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Food machinery export boost for Germany

07-May-2013 - German exports of food processing machinery grew last year, according to figures from the German Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (VDMA).

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Canada tackles label bureaucracy

03-May-2013 - The Canadian government has eliminated mandatory pre-market registration of meat labels in a bit to cut bureaucracy for the meat processing industry.

Iran to boost poultry exports

02-May-2013 - Iran plans to dramatically increase its volumes of poultry exports this year, according to industry experts.

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Lean pork breakfast can help teens’ diet, finds study

02-May-2013 - Eating lean protein for breakfast, such as pork, sausage or ham, can stop sugary snack cravings later in the day, new research has shown.

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US to relax Italian cured pork ban

01-May-2013 - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revealed plans to relax a ban on Italian cured pork meat products, which has been in place since the 1960s.

Canadian beef body seeks irradiation approval

30-Apr-2013 - Canada’s beef industry is renewing its push for the approval of irradiation in meat processing plants, which it claims could help reduce foodborne illness from ground beef.

US poultry body hits out at foodborne illness report

25-Apr-2013 - The US poultry industry has hit back at a report suggesting that chicken and ground beef are the biggest causes of serious illness in the US.

ABP sells Silvercrest to Kepak

19-Apr-2013 - ABP Food Group has announced it is exiting the frozen burger market with the sale of the Irish processing plant which produced a burger containing 29.1% horsemeat.

US sees huge support for COOL

15-Apr-2013 - Massive support for the enforcement of country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules has been felt in the US, after a 35,600 signature petition was sent to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Horsemeat scandal continues in Baltic countries

11-Apr-2013 - Horsemeat has again been discovered in beef by-products produced in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, with as much as 15% horsemeat found in some products. Previously, only traces of horse DNA had been detected in the region.

Avure opens new HPP facility in US

09-Apr-2013 - Avure Technologies has announced plans to open a new high-pressure processing (HPP) technology manufacturing facility in the US.

Cargill puts weight behind ground beef drive

08-Apr-2013 - US meat processing giant Cargill has revealed plans for a multi-million-dollar investment into ground beef production at its Pennsylvania beef processing plant.

Australia sees food export value soar

08-Apr-2013 - The value of Australia’s food exports soared to their highest level for a decade last year, boosted by strong performance in the meat sector.

US poultry producer faces trial over 'humane' label

03-Apr-2013 - The third-largest poultry producer in the US is to face court action over the marketing of its chicken as “humane”.