Category: Meat
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Gilbert’s has recalled its turkey pastrami after Listeria monocytogenes was found in the product, triggering a formal food alert and a retail withdrawal across major supermarket channels.
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A £70,967 confiscation order has extended the consequences of the Fears case, keeping pressure on animal by-product controls, disposal chains, and meat traceability systems.
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Eurostat forecasts tighter livestock supply across most EU animal categories. Beef, sheep, and goats are all set to decline in 2026, while pig production is expected to rise.
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February food inflation eased, but freight and energy risks persist. ONS data showed annual food and non-alcoholic drink inflation at 3.3%, while manufacturers continued to flag new transport and fuel-related cost pressure.
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Kepak has cut packaging energy use at Aberdeen. The retrofit adds variable-speed control to existing vacuum pumps, reducing power demand during production and idle phases.
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A major JBS strike is disrupting US beef processing capacity. The walkout at Greeley adds labour pressure to a market already constrained by tight cattle supplies and high retail prices.
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Researchers have automated broiler feeding analysis with high-speed machine vision. A study from São Paulo validated a YOLOv8-SAM pipeline that converts beak motion into live kinematic data, linking feed particle size to ingestion effort and opening a route toward digitally modelled poultry feeding.
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Barakat began building a halal baby food plant in KEZAD. The AED 150m, 10,000 sqm Abu Dhabi facility is designed for 90m units a year, producing fruit, vegetable, meat, and fish purées in pouches and glass jars via a JV with Pure Baby Food Industries.
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Südpack has launched new films for vacuum and MAP fish. The SKINPro system and Multifol Extreme thermoforming films target shelf-life extension, seal integrity, and downgauging for seafood packs.
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Waitrose will stop selling mackerel as stocks fall sharply again. Fresh, chilled, and frozen lines will be removed by 29 April 2026, with tinned products following once existing stock sells through.