World meat industry news

Synthetic egg company partners with German poultry giant

  • 28 Feb 11:45

The past few years have seen egg farmers in Europe battling to keep up with consumer requirements. First battery cages were banned. More recently their replacement, enriched cages, have come under scrutiny after less than a decade in use – could a synthetic egg fit the bill? Some of Europe’s largest poultry businesses seem to think it might. Photo:Pixabay Type “Just Egg Scrambled” into YouTube and you will receive links to nearly a hundred thousand videos. Scroll through the top selection and, rather than cooking tutorials, most videos will be vegan cooks reviewing a scrambled egg substitute produced by San Francisco start-up JUST Inc –. Read more...

Feed production growth did not cancel the growth of the price

  • 28 Feb 11:41

At the end of December last year, the livestock breeders were provided with animal feed, although grain stocks by the end of the yearhad decreased slightly year-on-year. The grain harvest, though yielding to the figures of 2017, was still high, although active exports reduced grain stocks by almost 24%. This is somewhat reflected in the availability of feed: the figure for the year fell by 4.3%. At the same time, feed production, against the background of high yield, showed a positive trend: the total volume of mixed fodder production in Russia in December 2018 was 2.5 million tons, so by the beginning of 2019, we can expect an increase in feed stocks. Despite the low. Read more...

Who dropped Russian agro sector?

  • 28 Feb 11:36

As the results of December showed, the growth of the agro-industrial complex in the Russian Federation was not as intense as previously thought. What is the matter? As it turned out at the end of the last year, the high rates of agricultural growth were overstated, but in fact the situation in the domestic agro-industry was not so positive. Initially, Russian Statistic Service (Rosstat) estimated the growth of the industry in 5 years at almost 21%, after the adjustment, the indicator did not even reach 9%. Agricultural output in December decreased by 0.1%. Rosstat recalculated the dynamics of agro-production in 2018, and the Ministry of Agriculture explained that the revision. Read more...

Ministry of Agriculture did not support the expansion of the food embargo

  • 27 Feb 11:17

The initiative of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) to expand the Russian food embargo from 2014 did not find support in the Ministry of Agriculture. Officials agreed that the inclusion of entire groups of products in the list of prohibited goods could undermine the stable operation of enterprises and lead to supply disruptions. The authorities can return to discussing the expansion of pro-bargo with the introduction of new anti-Russian sanctions. The Ministry of Agriculture recognized the proposal to expandfood embargo asinappropriate.The authorities of the Russian Federation imposed a food embargo on August 7, 2014 as a retaliatory measure against the sanctions of a. Read more...

Alternative Proteins:How this sector will develop is far from clear, but there is a possibility of genuine disruption in the near future

  • 27 Feb 11:09

By 2050, global food systems will need to meet the dietary demands of more than 10 bn. people who on average will be wealthier than people today and will aspire to the type of food choices currently available only in high‑income countries. This food will have to be produced sustainably in ways that contribute to reducing climate change, and that address other environmental challenges. At the same time, human health is influenced more by food than by any other single factor, and facilitating healthy diets is critical both for individual well‑being and containing the costs of treating illnesses. It is widely recognized that the current trajectory of the food. Read more...

Cherkizovo receives gold medal for its pork chop at Prodexpo 2019

  • 27 Feb 11:08

Cherkizovo Group has won the gold medal at Prodexpo 2019 for its Chalagach bone-in pork chop for improved consumer product in the Convenient Food Innovation category. Cherkizovo's products was awarded during 'Taste Experience – 2018', a contest held by the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with the Federal Agency for Tourism and the Russian State University of Tourism and Services Studies. The group said its pork product individually skin packed to allow for up to 14 days of shelf life and to ensure best quality and freshness. Prodexpo International Exhibition for Food, Beverages, and Food Raw Materials is the largest. Read more...

No organic label for Halal meat

  • 27 Feb 11:06

The European Court of Justice should decide whether the EU regulation on organic farming also allows meat in which the animals are not stunned before slaughter to bear the label of quality. Photo: pixabay/Willem67 The French animal welfare organisation "Hilfswerk für Schlachttiere" had demanded that halal minced steaks no longer be certified with the EU logo "organic farming". When the French authorities refused, the Versailles Administrative Court appealed to the ECJ. The European Court of Justice should decide whether the EU regulation on organic farming also allows meat in which the animals are not stunned before slaughter to bear. Read more...

Russian products form a worthy reputation of the brand Made in Russia

  • 27 Feb 09:58

Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, noted that Russian goods form a worthy reputation of the brand “Made in Russia”, which becomes a “quality mark” for a foreign audience, reports Rossiyskaya Gazeta. “In order to increase the recognition of Russian brands and Russian products abroad, the Ministry of Industry and Trade together with the Russian Export Center are implementing the project“ Made in Russia ”. High-quality Russian products are selected, which gradually form the reputation of the brand Made in Russia. Popularizing this brand allows to receive the status of“ quality mark ”. Read more...

Mongolian market opened for three more Russian enterprises

  • 26 Feb 10:41

Since February 22 three Russian producers of poultry meat and pork were accredited to supply livestock products to the Mongolian market. These are the Krasnoyarsk LLC Agrarian Group-Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk JSC Siberian Agrarian Group Meat Processing and Poultry Farm Tomsk JSC Siberian Agrarian Group,reports Rosselkhoznadzor. Earlier Mongolian vetspetsialisti inspected these enterprises, reports"Meat Expert". They researchedthe Russian system of quality and productioncontrol. A positive decision was also made due to the presence in the country of the traceability of the movement of livestock. Read more...

Value of Russian sausage shipments to Japan increased 15 times

  • 26 Feb 10:38

In 2018Russia exported 40 tons of sausages to Japan, which corresponds to $ 70.5 thousand in monetary terms.Compared to 2017, the value of shipments increased by 15 times, and compared to 2016 - by 517 times. Thus, the Russian export of sausages to Japan is growing rapidly. reports Rusexporter. In addition a large increase in Russian sausage exports for 2017-2018 occurred in deliveries to countries such as: UAE - shipments amounted to $ 28 thousand; + 510% compared with 2017, Georgia - $ 39 thousand; + 68% India - $ 21 thousand; 21 times more than year earlier Republic of Korea - $ 60. Read more...