Horsemeat found in sliced meat in UK
Food safety officials have confirmed that horse DNA has been found in beef products on sale in the UK for the first time since July.
Archives for November 1, 2013
Canada reveals detail of EU FTA
The Canadian government has made clear the scale of the European Union (EU) market access secured for Canadian meat exporters within the free trade agreement struck between the EU and Canada.
European animal welfare awards held in Paris
Compassion in World Farming (CiWF) held its first joint UK and European Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards on Wednesday (30 October).
Focus on Denmark
Denmark: the cost of environmental excellence
Despite being a major pork producer, Denmark has seen the number of its slaughterhouses eroded as producers export to the cheaper slaughter market in Germany. Carina Perkins reports
Focus on Denmark
Challenges to Danish slaughter pig production
Globalmeatnews.com talks to Finn Udesen, head of production economy and statistics at the Danish Pig Research Centre, about why Danish slaughter pig production is in decline.
Focus on Denmark
The Danish Meat Trade College
Globalmeatnews.com visited the Danish Meat Trade College in Roskilde to find out more about its courses, facilities and international programmes
Lycopene-rich berry goes where tomato can't: Smoothies, sweet food applications
Despite a growing pile of research linking lycopene to benefits ranging from heart, cardiovascular, prostate and bone health to prevention of certain cancers, the market share for this carotenoid remains relatively small.
Focus on Denmark
Danish pig production and exports
Globalmeatnews.com speaks to Karsten Flemin, market analyst at the Danish Agriculture & Food Council, about trends in Danish pig production and exports
Kraft to pull artificial colors from some mac and cheese products
Kraft Foods will pull the artificial yellow coloring from five of its character-based shapes macaroni and cheese product lines starting in January 2014.
Have starch from grains and fat, but not fructose, been significant contributors to obesity?
Increased energy intakes primarily from starch in grains and fat may have significantly contributed to sky rocketing obesity rates in the US, but not fructose, according to a new analysis of 40 years-worth of data from the USDA.
FMC raises seaweed prices on higher raw material costs, demand
Amid growing consumer demand for new protein sources and the food industry’s interest in sustainable textural additives, FMC Corp. announced global price increases, effective Dec. 1, on its alginate, carrageenan, Avicel microcrystalline cellulose, pectin...