Pig Industry News By Category: Processing
Monday, May 20, 2013
Animal Welfare Panel Formed at Tyson
US - Tyson Foods has named more than a dozen Animal Well-Being Advisory Panel Members to help guide the Company's FarmCheck programme. ...
US - Tyson Foods has named more than a dozen Animal Well-Being Advisory Panel Members to help guide the Company's FarmCheck programme. ...
Friday, May 17, 2013
Meat Processors Announce Hong Kong Trade Mission Success
UK/HONGKONG - British meat firms are hailing a recent trade mission to Hong KONG as a great success....
UK/HONGKONG - British meat firms are hailing a recent trade mission to Hong KONG as a great success....
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Product Innovation is Key at Tyson's
US - At the annual BMO Capital Markets 2013 Farm to Market Conference, Donnie Smith, president and chief executive officer of Tyson Foods, Inc., told investors that developing new food products is an important...
US - At the annual BMO Capital Markets 2013 Farm to Market Conference, Donnie Smith, president and chief executive officer of Tyson Foods, Inc., told investors that developing new food products is an important...
Monday, May 13, 2013
Nation Needs to Upgrade Poultry, Livestock Industries
CHINA - The Chinese Ministry of Public Security recently released the top 10 meat safety-related cases uncovered this year. These cases have created a crisis of confidence among consumers and also have...
CHINA - The Chinese Ministry of Public Security recently released the top 10 meat safety-related cases uncovered this year. These cases have created a crisis of confidence among consumers and also have...
Higher Revenue, Costs Reported by Zhongpin
CHINA - Zhongpin has reported higher revenues and lower net income for the first quarter of 2013. The company reports the increase in cost of sales was consistent with but considerably lower than increase...
CHINA - Zhongpin has reported higher revenues and lower net income for the first quarter of 2013. The company reports the increase in cost of sales was consistent with but considerably lower than increase...
Friday, May 10, 2013
Tainted Meat Scandal Suggests Flaws in Food Safety System
CHINA - A recent high-profile food safety case related to meat products in Nanjing county, Zhangzhou, Fujian province has suggested the existence of loopholes in the rural area's food safety supervision,...
CHINA - A recent high-profile food safety case related to meat products in Nanjing county, Zhangzhou, Fujian province has suggested the existence of loopholes in the rural area's food safety supervision,...
Thursday, May 09, 2013
AMI Releases Video Tour of Pork Plant
US - The American Meat Institute (AMI) has released a video tour of a pork processing plant, hosted by animal welfare expert, Dr Temple Grandin....
US - The American Meat Institute (AMI) has released a video tour of a pork processing plant, hosted by animal welfare expert, Dr Temple Grandin....
Study Shows Salmonella Control Needed on Farm and Processing
SPAIN - New research confirms that both slaughter and live production need to be considered in controlling Salmonella in pig meat....
SPAIN - New research confirms that both slaughter and live production need to be considered in controlling Salmonella in pig meat....
JBS Aves Acquires Brasil Food Farm and Plant
BRAZIL - Brasil Foods (BRF) has sold to JBS Aves its pork processing plant and poultry farms at the Ana Rech Industrial Unit located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul....
BRAZIL - Brasil Foods (BRF) has sold to JBS Aves its pork processing plant and poultry farms at the Ana Rech Industrial Unit located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul....
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Tyson Foods Has Weathered Second Quarter Challenges
US - Tyson Foods reports that it expects a strong second half of the year after weathering the challenges of the second quarter. ...
US - Tyson Foods reports that it expects a strong second half of the year after weathering the challenges of the second quarter. ...
Solution Sought for Brittany Pig Processor
FRANCE - Administrators appointed to pig processor, GAD, are investigating all options to save the company....
FRANCE - Administrators appointed to pig processor, GAD, are investigating all options to save the company....
Cranswick Acquires Pig Rearing Business
UK - Cranswick has acquired the whole of the issued share capital of East Anglian Pigs Limited (EAP)....
UK - Cranswick has acquired the whole of the issued share capital of East Anglian Pigs Limited (EAP)....
Monday, May 06, 2013
Suspects Accused of Selling Tainted Pork
CHINA - Three suspects in a high-profile food safety case have been arrested in Fujian province, and police are still looking for nearly 40 metric tons of inedible pork, Chinese media reported on Sunday,...
CHINA - Three suspects in a high-profile food safety case have been arrested in Fujian province, and police are still looking for nearly 40 metric tons of inedible pork, Chinese media reported on Sunday,...
Friday, May 03, 2013
Maple Leaf CEO Reports Very Difficult Quarter
CANADA - Sales for Maple Leaf Foods' Agribusiness Group (Canadian pig production and animal by-product recycling operations, including biodiesel manufacturing and distribution) were higher in the first...
CANADA - Sales for Maple Leaf Foods' Agribusiness Group (Canadian pig production and animal by-product recycling operations, including biodiesel manufacturing and distribution) were higher in the first...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
BRF Profit Soars
BRAZIL - Brazilian meat, poultry and dairy processing giant Brasil Foods (BRF) ended the first quarter of 2013 with net revenue of R$7.2 billion, increase of 13.8 per cent over the same period of 2012...
BRAZIL - Brazilian meat, poultry and dairy processing giant Brasil Foods (BRF) ended the first quarter of 2013 with net revenue of R$7.2 billion, increase of 13.8 per cent over the same period of 2012...
Atria Sales and Profit Improve
FINLAND - Finnish meat processing group Atria's net sales for the first quarter of the year reached €328.4 million compared to €308.6 million for the same period in the previous year, showing growth...
FINLAND - Finnish meat processing group Atria's net sales for the first quarter of the year reached €328.4 million compared to €308.6 million for the same period in the previous year, showing growth...
Monday, April 29, 2013
Bachoco Reports Quarterly Net Sales up Seven Per Cent
MEXICO - First-quarter 2013 sales and EBITDA were up compared to the same period last year. Due an outbreak of avian flu in this accounting period, the company recognised a one-time charge of more than...
MEXICO - First-quarter 2013 sales and EBITDA were up compared to the same period last year. Due an outbreak of avian flu in this accounting period, the company recognised a one-time charge of more than...
Thursday, April 25, 2013
VION Splits Food and Ingredients Sectors
EU - One of Europe’s largest meat and food processors, the VION Food Group is set to make its two principal activities Food and Ingredients independent. ...
EU - One of Europe’s largest meat and food processors, the VION Food Group is set to make its two principal activities Food and Ingredients independent. ...
Monday, April 22, 2013
Freedom Food Pork Sales up for Third Consecutive Year
UK - Freedom Food has announced an increase in pork for the third year running, which means that availability of Freedom Food-labelled pork is at its highest ever level. ...
UK - Freedom Food has announced an increase in pork for the third year running, which means that availability of Freedom Food-labelled pork is at its highest ever level. ...
Friday, April 19, 2013
Russia Cuts Canadian Meat Supplier List to 19 Plants
CANADA & RUSSIA - Russia's plans to block meat imports from livestock raised on ractopamine will see its list of approved Canadian suppliers cut to 14 pork packing plants, four beef plants and one...
CANADA & RUSSIA - Russia's plans to block meat imports from livestock raised on ractopamine will see its list of approved Canadian suppliers cut to 14 pork packing plants, four beef plants and one...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Cherkizovo Buys Dankov Meat Processing Plant
RUSSIA - Russian Meat Processor Cherkizovo has bought the Dankov meat processing plant for 38.5 million rubles. ...
RUSSIA - Russian Meat Processor Cherkizovo has bought the Dankov meat processing plant for 38.5 million rubles. ...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Cargill's Third-quarter Earnings Drop
US – US meat, agrifood and commodities giant Cargill has reported a 42 per cent drop in net earnings to $445 million in the third quarter of 2013, down from $766 million in the same period a year ago. ...
US – US meat, agrifood and commodities giant Cargill has reported a 42 per cent drop in net earnings to $445 million in the third quarter of 2013, down from $766 million in the same period a year ago. ...
Miratorg Reports Growth
RUSSIA - Miratorg, Russian integrated meat and feed producer, is continuing to show growth, according to the figures for the first quarter of 2013....
RUSSIA - Miratorg, Russian integrated meat and feed producer, is continuing to show growth, according to the figures for the first quarter of 2013....
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Fewer Hogs Could Impact Manitoba Processing Plants
CANADA - The vice chair of Manitoba Pork Council warns the economic pressures that have prompted the provinces pork producers to reduce production threatens the supply of hogs available for Manitoba's...
CANADA - The vice chair of Manitoba Pork Council warns the economic pressures that have prompted the provinces pork producers to reduce production threatens the supply of hogs available for Manitoba's...
Friday, April 05, 2013
New Farm Boosts Betagro's Pork Market Share
THAILAND - Betagro Group is investing over 300 million baht in a new hog farm located in Lop Buri province in an effort to beef up its pork business....
THAILAND - Betagro Group is investing over 300 million baht in a new hog farm located in Lop Buri province in an effort to beef up its pork business....
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Marfrig Sees Large Revenue, Profit Growth
BRAZIL - Brazilian meat and poultry processor Marfrig has seen net revenue growth of 21.0 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the same quarter in 2011 and growth of 12.9 per cent in the...
BRAZIL - Brazilian meat and poultry processor Marfrig has seen net revenue growth of 21.0 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the same quarter in 2011 and growth of 12.9 per cent in the...
Conagra Reports Decline in Profits
US - ConAgra Foods, one of North America’s leading packaged food companies, has reported sales in the Consumer Foods segment of $2,303 million and operating profit of $284 million for the third quarter....
US - ConAgra Foods, one of North America’s leading packaged food companies, has reported sales in the Consumer Foods segment of $2,303 million and operating profit of $284 million for the third quarter....
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Meat Processing Company Rebuilds Public Trust
CHINA - The head of one of China's largest meat processing companies has been receiving special reports via text message every morning for the last two years....
CHINA - The head of one of China's largest meat processing companies has been receiving special reports via text message every morning for the last two years....
Thursday, March 28, 2013
EFSA Studies Health Risks in Mechanically Separated Meat
EU - Microbiological and chemical hazards associated with mechanically separated meat derived from poultry and swine are similar to those related to non-mechanically separated meat (fresh meat, minced...
EU - Microbiological and chemical hazards associated with mechanically separated meat derived from poultry and swine are similar to those related to non-mechanically separated meat (fresh meat, minced...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Will Retailers be Responsible for New EU Meat and Food Labelling Laws?
ANALYSIS - The complexities of food labelling regulations for European food producers and those exporting to threw European Union are about to become a whole lot more complex, writes Chris Harris....
ANALYSIS - The complexities of food labelling regulations for European food producers and those exporting to threw European Union are about to become a whole lot more complex, writes Chris Harris....
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