World meat industry news

Mystery surrounds bidders for Russian meat giant

  • 22 Dec 09:15

The quest to identify a buyer for Cherkizovo Group is intensifying, according. Read more...

Russian meat industry growth remains static in 2017

  • 22 Dec 09:11

Russia’s meat industry is expected to grow 4% for the past 12 months, the same growth the country saw in 2016, Russian Agricultural Minister Alexander Tkachev said in. Read more...

Retail FPI: Looking for Answers to Rising Beef Prices

  • 21 Dec 08:58

In mid-December, food prices maintained an upward trend, as ISET’s Retail Food Price Index increased by 2.2 per cent, compared to mid-November 2017. According toGeorgia Today, it turns out that the holidays will cost more in 2017 compared to December 2016, as we recorded a significant 10.9 per cent y/y increase in food prices. From an annual perspective, beef prices were particularly notable. Beginning in September 2017, beef has been trading above last year’s prices. In December, the average price of 1 kg of beef is 13.10 GEL; that is 17 per cent higher compared to the previous year (11.17 GEL/KG). High beef prices might be caused by the increased export. Read more...

GAP Resource eyes takeover of Russian poultry farm

  • 19 Dec 09:17

GAP Resource has filed an application to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia to acquire the sixth largest poultry farm in the country from. Read more...

Armenian Agency Bans Sale of Chicken Meat with Salmonella

  • 19 Dec 09:16

Armenia’s State Food Safety Service has banned today the sale of several brands of chicken meat, which were found out to be infected with salmonella. According toARKA News Agency, the names of companies that supplied the dangerous chicken meat were announced by the head of the State Food Safety Service Ishkhan Karapetyan. They are the frozen chicken wings "Frangosul" and SEARA, produced in Brazil; frozen chicken breasts "Premium" produced in Russia; frozen chicken breasts "Qualiko" produced in Ukraine; frozen broiler chicken "Mirotorg" produced in Russia. Apart from banning their sale, the State Food Safety Service. Read more...

EU salmonella spike caused by egg contamination

  • 18 Dec 11:56

An increase in levels of salmonella contamination in eggs has been blamed for a rise in total cases of salmonellosis across the European Union after years of decline. Cases ofSalmonella Enteritidisacquired in the EU have increased in humans by 3% since 2014, according to the annual joint report by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). In laying hens, the prevalence increased from 0.7% to 1.21% over the same period. For last year,S. Enteritidiscaused one in 6 foodborne disease outbreaks. Highest deaths among outbreak cases There were 94,530 human cases of salmonellosis reported in the EU in. Read more...

10 pig farms worth visiting across the globe

  • 18 Dec 11:55

From the United States to China and back again – that in short was the 2017 edition of Pig Progress’ farm tours. Where did we go again – and which were highlights? Editor Vincent ter Beek guides you through. DBN Farm, China: Dazzling plans The Chinese pig market is in constant motion, with companies having ambitious plans.Da Bei Nong (DBN)has been in the agribusiness for 20 years but until 2015, its focus was mainly on feed and health products. Ever since, things changed – the aim now is to produce 30 million finishers by 2030. One of the steps in this process was by strongly expanding its DBN Yutian Technology park, east of Beijing. It contains. Read more...

Armenian Agency Bans Sale of Chicken Meat with Salmonella

  • 15 Dec 09:10

Armenia’s State Food Safety Service has banned today the sale of several brands of chicken meat, which were found out to be infected with salmonella. According toARKA News Agency, the names of companies that supplied the dangerous chicken meat were announced by the head of the State Food Safety Service Ishkhan Karapetyan. They are the frozen chicken wings "Frangosul" and SEARA, produced in Brazil; frozen chicken breasts "Premium" produced in Russia; frozen chicken breasts "Qualiko" produced in Ukraine; frozen broiler chicken "Mirotorg" produced in Russia. Apart from banning their sale, the State Food Safety Service. Read more...

Belarusian Companies Authorised to Supply Beef to China

  • 14 Dec 09:16

Belarus has become the first country in the CIS and 13th in the world that have been authorized to supply beef to the Chinese market, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in China. According toBelTA, Belarus' Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats met with the head of the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Zhi Shuping in Beijing on 12 December. Following the meeting it was announced that two Belarusian meat processing plant got authorized to supply beef to the market of the Chinese People's Republic. "These are OAO Veles-Meat and OAO Mogilev Meat Packing Plant," the diplomatic. Read more...

Russia’s Eurodon to invest $350m in lamb production

  • 13 Dec 08:48

Eurodon, one of Russia’s largest turkey producers, is planning to diversify its business by investing up to RUB20 billion (US$338 million) in building lamb production. Read more...