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Australian cattle slaughtering drops

Cattle and lamb meat slaughters drop in Australia

By Michelle Perrett

Cattle and lamb meat slaughters were down while goat and sheep meat increased in 2017, The Australian red meat and livestock industry State of the Industry Report 2018 has revealed.

India launches meat cleanliness initiative

India food safety initiative to boost meat cleanliness

By Raghavendra Verma, in New Delhi

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is launching a hygiene and cleanliness drive in the Indian meat industry though training, food safety audits, certification of animal feed and pushing retailers to make health and safety improvements....

Processor opens new venison plant

Alliance Group opens new venison plant

By Michelle Perrett

Alliance Group, the New Zealand red meat co-operative, is to start venison production at its new AUS$15.2m venison plant at Lorneville, Southland next week.

Poultry market driven by Asian growth

Asia driving global poultry growth

By Aidan Fortune

With poultry predicted to become the most consumed meat in the world in the next few years, where will this growth come from?

Australian meat and livestock exports on the rise

Australia red meat and live exports grow 13%

By Michelle Perrett

Australian red meat, offal and livestock exports reached AU$13.78bn, up 13% year-on-year in the year ended June 2018, the latest statistics from Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has revealed.

New Zealand processor reveals new branding

New corporate branding for Alliance Group

By Michelle Perrett

Alliance Group, the New Zealand red meat co-operative, is marking the next stage in its transition into a food and solutions company with the launch of a new corporate identity.

Positivity following Australia and Indonesian talks

Australian meat industry welcomes Indonesian deal

By Aidan Fortune

The Australian livestock and red meat industry has welcomed the Australian and Indonesian Governments' announcement that negotiations for the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) have concluded.

China meat consumption to slow

China animal protein growth predicted to slow

By Michelle Perrett

China’s average animal protein consumption growth is predicted to “markedly” slowdown due to changes in consumer behaviour, according to Rabobank.

Lamb prices are rising all over the globe

Lamb sees global price spike, says MLA

By Michelle Perrett

Australian lamb prices have spiked through the 700¢ and 800¢/kg cwt mark in a matter of two months, due to growing demand for the meat, according to Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA).

CPF looks to grow overseas business

Charoen Pokphand Foods to expand overseas business

By Michelle Perrett

Food conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has revealed plans to generate more business growth from overseas operations, focusing on increasing capacity in Thailand and foreign bases to serve the export market.

Asian ASF warning

Swine fever warning in Asia

By Michelle Perrett

The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that the rapid onset of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China could spread to other Asian countries.

Retailer moves to recyclable meat packaging

Retailer moves to recyclable meat packaging

By Aidan Fortune

Australian retailer Coles has become the first supermarket chain in the country to introduce recyclable packaging for its range of fresh meat and poultry products.

25,000 sheep and goats were withdrawn by the Indian Government

Indian meat traders outraged by EID livestock export ban

By Raghavendra Verma, in New Delhi

Indian livestock exporters are up in arms after the Indian Government withdrew permission to export 25,000 goats and sheep from the western state of Gujarat just before the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha.

CPF's second quarter was boosted by overseas sales

Overseas sales help CPF grow in second quarter

By Aidan Fortune

Thailand pork and poultry business Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CPF) has benefited from overseas market growth, which contributed to an 8% rise in the company’s overall sales in the second quarter.

China is home to half of the global pig population

China reports first case of ASF in pigs

By Ashley Williams

As many as 8,000 pigs have reportedly been affected with African Swine Fever (ASF) in China’s Liaoning region, according to the UK government.

CPF’s labelled products include chicken from its Saraburi food processing plant and Minburi Plant

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CPF’s chicken certified by Water Footprint Label

By Ashley Williams

Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has revealed its chicken has been certified with the Water Footprint Label from Thailand’s Water Institute for Sustainability.

New Zealand beef producers retaining younger cattle has hiked up cow numbers

B+LNZ reports steady growth in cattle

By Ashley Williams

New Zealand beef producers retaining younger cattle are among the factors helping the steady rise in cow herds, according to Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).

Japanese meat producers are stepping up to meet Indonesian demand

Japan beef supplies to Indonesia on the rise

By Kathryn Wortley, in Tokyo

Japanese eateries are expanding in Indonesia as the appetite for beef rises among south-east Asia’s most populous country’s growing middle class.

The pig project was of “great importance” for the local government in Danzhou

Thai giant holds off on one pig project, develops another

By Mark Godfrey

Thai agricultural conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) appears to have delayed a project in central China even as it forges ahead with a new deal to breed 300,000 pigs a year in the southerly province of Hainan, in a tie-up with the huge state-owned Hai...

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