World meat industry news

Ready-to-eat products is supporting the growth in fresh meat packaging market

  • 22 Mar 11:18

The global fresh meat packaging market is expected to reach $2.47billion by 2026, with vacuum skin packaging accounting for 32% market share. Research and advisory services Transparency Market Research predict a 2.30% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the fresh meat packaging sector thanks to the expansion of the ready-to-eat segment of food. In 2015, the global fresh meat packaging market was estimated at $1.92 billion and its value could increase to $2.47 billion by 2026. Vacuum skin packaging is expected to control this growth and lead the market with a 32% share of the overall revenues by the end of 2026. North America is the region that is to show. Read more...

Russian wheat export prices fall on harvest forecasts

  • 22 Mar 11:14

Russian wheat export prices fell again last week, weighed down by forecasts for a relatively strong next harvest, as well as a strengthening rouble, analysts said on Monday. Black Sea prices for Russian wheat with 12.5 percent protein content and for delivery in April were $222 per tonne on a free on board (FOB) basis at the end of last week, down $4 from a week earlier, Russian agricultural consultancyIKARsaid in a note. “Prices are falling against the backdrop of the new harvest, which is forecast to be quite good. So there will be an even more noticeable fall then, I think,”IKARanalyst Dmitry Rylko said. SovEcon, another Moscow-based consultancy,. Read more...

ASF China: Pig herd falls 16.6% in February

  • 21 Mar 10:44

China’s pig herd has decreased by 16.6% in February year-on-year, according to official figures. This is likely to be the 1st concrete Chinese data indicating the effect of African Swine Fever (ASF) on the country’s pig herd. The data were shared by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA),press agency Reuters reported. The number of sows even dropped 19.1% in February from the same month a year earlier, according to the data, which were collected from 400 counties across the nation. The pig herd shrunk 5.4% and the sow herd 5% in comparison to January. To the WorldOrganisation for Animal Health(OIE), China has so far reported 117. Read more...

Global poultry market to see trade conditions gradually improve

  • 21 Mar 10:42

After a short period of volatility, protein demand from China and new trade agreements are modifying the outlook for the months to come. The global market for poultry is looking much better than it did a few months ago, according to Nan-Dirk Mulder, a senior animal protein analyst at Rabobank. After a few quarters dominated by uncertainty regarding trade and disease restrictions, the outlook is starting to look much promising. "The outlook is changing, Rabobank is gradually becoming more optimistic that the market has reached a turning point, with global price levels starting to trend up – especially since global trade conditions have started to improve and. Read more...

Kazakhstan sent its first batch of beef to Iran

  • 20 Mar 10:35

Until mid-year, meat supplier Agroproduct must deliver 700 tonnes of beef to its Middle East client. The first batch of beef from Kazakhstan has reached Iran at the beginning of March and a second shipment is going to follow at the end of the month, reportsAstana Times, quoting local authorities from Akmola Region. This is the area where meat supplier Agroproduct has its processing units that were recently certified according to Halal standards. Agroproduct signed a contract for the delivery of 700 tonnes of meat in four months to Iran. The Kazakh company has already received an advance payment and delivered 60 tonnes. “We are going to ship the second consignment. Read more...

Tatarstan and Japan discussed prospects of agriculture cooperation

  • 20 Mar 10:35

On March 12, a delegation from Japan headed by Hiroshi Miyazaki, the head of JFR Co., Ltd., visited Tatarstan. At the Palace of Farmers, the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, Nikolay Titov, met with foreign guests. Representative of T.O World Food Japan, Kodo Nishi, authorized employee of T.O World Food and Okitsumo, Ulas Cedar, as well as the general director of the European division of Calpis’s feed additives Nobomitsu Akai also took part in the business meeting. Nikolay Titov acquainted the guests with the agro-industrial complex of the republic, drawing attention to the most topical areas for interaction. Read more...

Magadan began to produce sausage from seals

  • 20 Mar 10:34

Magadan food industry workers have mastered the release of a completely new product - sausage from seals, reports Rossiyskaya Gazeta. As local authorities emphasize, even in the Soviet Union they did not produce such meat delicacy. Although the extraction of seals was carried out for a long time, however, their meat was used to feed foxes and minks on fur farms. But then the nutritionists determined the high value of the seal meat: this meat is low-calorized and healthy. The finished product has already passed the study and received the necessary documents and permits for sale as food product. The mining of the marine mammal began in 2017. By this time, 137 seals. Read more...

Poultry exports from Ukraine are growing

  • 19 Mar 08:22

After a perfect year for the sector, the first two months of 2019 shows an increase of 43% for poultry exports. Ukraine keeps on growing its influence in the poultry markets abroad. This year started with a 43% increase in poultry exports compared to the same period of 2018, according to the State Fiscal Service. It means that in January-February 2019, 63,600 tonnes of poultry have been exported. The value for these products increased by 28% reported to the same period of last year, reaching $88.2 million. At the same time, imports of poultry in the first two months of the year increased by 5.8%, to 21,500 tonnes and in monetary terms decreased slightly to $8.6. Read more...

35.9 thousand tons of meat and bone meal were produced in Russia in January

  • 19 Mar 08:21

35.9 thousand tons of meat and bone meal was produced in Russia in January 2019, which is 0.6% more than a month earlier and 19.0% more than in January 2018. For the period from January 2017 the minimum production volume of meat and bone meal in Russia was recorded in April 2017 - 28.4 thousand tons, reports SoyaNews; the maximum was achieved in November 2018. Read more...

Rospotrebnadzor will intensify control over inaccurate information on product labels

  • 19 Mar 08:20

Rospotrebnadzor plans to pay more attention to unreliable information about the content of allergens, including milk, gluten and nuts on the labels of products. This was stated by the head of the department, Anna Popova. She noted that a person with allergies must be sure that the list of components on the product label corresponds to the raw materials and additives used. But she noted that sometimes "situations are different." According to Popova, this is a violation of the law on food safety, consumer rights and "acute risk". “Here, the price of a manufacturer’s mistake, intentional or unintentional, is incredibly high: health,. Read more...