04Aug
Firmer outlook for poultry prices
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Global poultry prices are taking off in Q2, according to Rabobank’s quarterly poultry report. This bullishness is driven by relative price support from high beef and pork prices alongside demand recovery and a more balanced supply and demand situation in most regions of the world. The report [...]
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01Aug
U.S. reforms poultry inspections
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U.S. reforms poultry inspections to boost food safety The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday reforms to decades-old processes for inspecting poultry facilities in a bid to cut down on the number of foodborne illnesses, but dropped an industry-backed plan to speed up [...]
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28Jul
South Africa Imposes Chicken Import Duties on Three EU Countries
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South Africa Imposes Chicken Import Duties on Three EU Countries South Africa imposed anti-dumping duties against imports of chicken pieces from Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. after domestic producers claimed the countries were breaching trade regulations. The International Trade [...]
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29Oct
South Africa investigates EU Chicken ‘Dumping’
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South Africa’s European trading partners — Germany, the Netherlands and the UK — are being probed by the International Trade Administration Commission Itac for alleged dumping of frozen bone-in chicken portions. According to BusinessDay, the investigation follows the recent increase of import [...]
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16Jul
Poland Rejects Religious Slaughter without Stunning
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POLAND – The Polish parliament last week voted to ban ritual slaughter of animals without stunning, despite opposition from the ministry of agriculture. The vote makes Poland one of the few EU countries where the practice is banned with no exception and ends a six month battle with the Ministry [...]
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24Jun
OFT Green Light 2Sisters Vion Buyout
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The Office of Fair Trading OFT has given the green light to food giant 2 Sisters purchase of the poultry and red meat processing businesses of Vion in the UK. The acquisition was agreed in March 2013 and involved the transfer of 11 processing sites and about 6,000 employees. 2 Sisters said the [...]
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02May
US Beef Prices Hit 10-yr Peak
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U.S. beef prices jumped to a 10-year high on Wednesday as the arrival of warm, dry weather over much of the country will have backyard chefs firing up grills and throwing on steaks and hamburgers, analysts said. Until this week, spring weather has been a mixture of cold, snow, frost and rain, [...]
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20Mar
South Africa Tightens Meat Labelling
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The department of trade and industry will this week publish proposals to strengthen the labelling of meat products so that their ingredients – such as beef‚ donkey or water buffalo – be identified more precisely. This follows the scandal over wrongly labelled meat which initially erupted in [...]
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18Mar
JBS Hits Back at Anti-trust Criticisms
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BRAZIL – Brazilian meat processor JBS has hit back at criticisms of its takeover of SSBs tannery and refrigeration units. The criticisms were raised by the Superintendent General of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense CADE during the antitrust analysis. JBS said the opinion was [...]
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20Feb
British shoppers may pay high price from horsemeat scandal
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For Britons worried last week’s beef lasagne was in fact a helping of horse, peace of mind that such a meal will never reach dining tables again may come at a price. Livestock specialists say that contrary to some public comments by supermarkets, ensuring a chain of quality from farm to table [...]
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