A study by Australia’s Griffith University has found that 32.2% of respondents have reduced their meat consumption over the past year. Health was the most commonly cited reason, amid rising concerns about the link between animal products and chronic disease. This was followed by environmental and animal welfare issues. However, a...
Brazilian meatpacker Minerva said on Monday it had received a notification from Colombia’s government saying that China has approved a sanitary protocol in order to open its market for Colombian beef exports. Minerva, which owns two plants in Colombia, said in a securities filing only final bureaucratic procedures are...
Brazilian meat giant JBS has broken ground on a $62M cultivated meat research and development facility in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. Billed as the largest food biotech centre in Brazil, it’s scheduled to open at the end of 2024. The world’s biggest meat company – and a highly controversial one...
The UAE has banned certain meat imports from Pakistan. The UAE has banned frozen meat imports from Pakistan arriving by sea. According to media reports in Pakistan the UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change and Environment placed restrictions on frozen meat arriving in the country by sea, following the arrival of sub-standard quality meat....
The Colombian government this weekend announced that China has approved a required health protocol for beef producers to begin exporting their products to economic giant, thereby “opening the doors of a market of more than 1.4 billion inhabitants,” according to the Andean nation’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The...
The Gulf Standards Organisation (GSO) of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has published a technical regulation that recognises extended shelf-life for chilled vacuum-packed red meat. This recommends that all GCC members bring their regulations for the shelf-life of chilled, vacuum-packed red meat into alignment. The GCC is a cooperative (bloc) of...
In August, Australia shipped its largest ever monthly volume of sheepmeat, having made no secret of the fact that it is chasing after New Zealand for the top export slot. New Zealand’s red meat exports have faced significant competition from increased Australian exports this year. Unfortunately, Australia’s red meat...
Key points • EU sheep meat production falls as key producing country output drops• EU prices vary through nation as Spain sees big seasonal growth• GB prices remain supported above last year’s levels How has production changed over the first half of 2023? EU sheep meat production for the...
Commercial red meat production during August 2023 was 4.673 billion pounds, a decline of 3% from the August 2022 record monthly high. That was due to tighter market ready numbers for cattle and lower average live weights for hogs. The USDA says beef production was 2.363 billion pounds, a...
Cross-border traceability of beef supply is a complex challenge, but bilateral initiatives are making progress, writes Tian Yan Baxter. Last year was something of a milestone for bilateral, multi-level diplomacy on sustainable trade between Brazil and China, and the start of a new chapter in their dialogue on agriculture’s...