Mobile abattoir and digital traceability to France
Swedish company Hälsingestintan is set to help improve animal welfare and meat quality in France. Franck Ribière, the producer and screenwriter behind the documentary Steak (R)evolution, is taking the Hälsingestintan concept to France. In 2015, Hälsingestintan launched Europe’s first mobile abattoir for beef cattle. The company’s ethical concept for meat production eliminates all slaughter transportation, […]
Kangaroo meat company jumps at chance to expand in Europe
The world’s largest premium kangaroo meat distributor is set to establish a processing plant in Europe to target the home cooking market. Macro Meats commercialised production of kangaroo in the late 1980s and now processes about 10,000 tonnes of the lean red meat a year for human consumption in more than 30 countries. The […]
Action needed at UK and European level
Following yesterdays’s meeting of UK farming unions and ministers, Deputy Minister for Farming and Food in Wales, Rebecca Evans said, “The supply chain remains a critical element within both the milk and red meat sectors. “All in the supply chain need to act in a responsible manner if the industry is to safely negotiate the […]
Meat origin confusion
The NFU and NPA say that new European Commission rules on food labelling may lead to massive confusion for British shoppers keen to buy meat produced in the UK. The Commission voted to introduce mandatory reared and slaughtered labelling rules. The NFU and NPA say that mandatory rules should have extended to born, reared and […]
