Category: Meat
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Major restaurant groups have formed a new Sustainable Chicken Forum. Eight businesses covering 18 brands will exit the Better Chicken Commitment, citing supply resilience and environmental constraints alongside welfare goals.
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New research maps allergy hazards in cultivated beef cell samples. The study found lower levels of many known beef allergens, but stronger IgE reactivity in blood samples from people with alpha-gal sensitivity, pointing to targeted testing needs before commercial launches.
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AIMS is challenging the FSA’s planned 2026 meat charge rise. The association says the new charging model will add significant cost to official controls in slaughterhouses, and has filed for a High Court judicial review expected to be heard in April.
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Boparan Private Office has agreed to buy Germany’s Heidemark poultry. The deal adds a €760m-revenue turkey and chicken processor to Storteboom Food Group, pending European Commission clearance.
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Smithfield is planning a $1.3bn automated facility in Sioux Falls. The company has started approvals for a combined fresh pork and packaged-meats plant, with production targeted for end-2028.
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The US expanded tariff-free Argentine lean beef imports for 2026. The move adds 80,000 metric tons of lean trimmings, aimed at easing tight ground beef supply and record retail prices.
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Ever.Ag has launched Feedlot IQ, its AI feedlot platform today. The system consolidates operational, health, and financial data to surface early performance shifts across high-throughput yards.
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China lifts Ireland’s beef ban, restoring a key export route. Dublin says the 2024 suspension has been dropped, and a Chinese customs database shows imports from Irish exporters resumed on Monday after the Taoiseach’s Beijing visit.