Category: Meat
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Bangladesh plans modern meat processing centres across every district nationwide. Thirteen facilities have already been inaugurated as the government targets safer processing, preservation, and future export capacity.
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USDA has detailed payments for its beef processor support programme. Eligible independent and regional plants will receive assistance based on their 2025 slaughter throughput under the $500m SPUR scheme.
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Tyson is consolidating beef production around three central processing plants. Joslin and Eagle Mountain will close, while Pasco is being offered for sale amid constrained US cattle supplies.
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Boparan Private Office has acquired MuscleFood from administrators Mackay Goodwin. The protein-focused business enters another turnaround after falling sales, losses, delivery disruption, and customer complaints.
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JBS will retain Souderton manufacturing through value-added meat production plans. Around 400 jobs remain as harvesting ends, backed by more than $30m of investment over ten years.
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Pilgrim’s Europe workers will extend strike action at Enniskillen plant. Around 130 employees are seeking higher pay and changes to paid-break arrangements.
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JBS and Danantara form $2.5 billion regional protein venture platform. The structure combines JBS’s Australia and New Zealand businesses with new capital targeting production investment across Indonesia and the wider region.
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Premium Brands is reshaping production across its North American network. A Tennessee sandwich plant is starting up while an older Ontario beef facility closes, exposing the cost of redirecting capacity.
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Dudley authorities removed meat after raiding an unapproved cutting plant. Four arrests were made as investigators examined products and associated paperwork.
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Cargill workers rejected a settlement intended to restart beef production. The Fort Morgan plant remains idle after more than 70 lockout days.