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... but the british retail consortium (brc) has warned that very little uk bacon (within a £2bn market) contains less than 5% water, which it said performed important technical functions ... water is widely injected into bacon by many uk producers, as it provides a solution that allows for even distribution of curing salts (principally sodium chloride) added to the meat ... drafting error? cheney speculated that the last-minute change to amend the regulation – removing a passage that allowed bacon producers a 10% water threshold [as per the uk meat products regulations] – could have been the result of a drafting error ... the amendment had caught uk bacon producers by surprise, cheney added

... the uk food industry has given the european parliament's (ep's) final agreement on food labelling a mixed reception, with one consultant reckoning label changes cost £7,000 per product ... the fir extends country-of-origin labelling to cover fresh meat from pigs, sheep, goats and poultry, closing a current loophole that allows producers to label meat as british if it were only processed in the uk ... cool labelling east midlands labour mep glenis willmott said this was good news for the uk meat industry as it would help shoppers choose meat from british farms ... the european commission (ec) will also submit a report within two years to examine the possibility of extending mandatory country-of-origin (cool) labelling to meat used as a composite ingredient in processed food ... within three years the ec will examine the same question in regard to other types of meat, as well as milk, milk used as an ingredient, unprocessed foods, single-ingredient products and ingredients that represent more than 50% of a food

... cereal extrusion and meat-free food specialist brecks is investing £3m in new manufacturing facilities in a move that will create 60 new jobs ... two new 30,000 sq ft units will integrate new ‘cluster technology’ for cereals, while increased capacity on the meat-free side will allow brecks to expand its product range and client base ... brecks supplies global confectioners with cereals, and also produces snack bars and breakfast cereals; it also sells meat-free products to major uk retailers and other food manufacturers ... investment in meat-free facilities also means that brecks is well-placed to benefit from expected growth in that sector ... mintel’s latest statistics valued uk meat-free sales at £553m in 2010, but the research firm expects the market to grow to £673m by 2015 ... meat free growth quorn ceo kevin brennan told this publication in march that the uk meat-free market would grow significantly, due to weight management- and health concerns, while he said the vegetarian market was also increasing ... brecks produces soya and wheat-based meat-free products, and although hirst broadly agreed with the growth trend, he said: “meat reducers are buying meat free products ... people want to lead a healthier lifestyle and also save money by cutting-out meat one to two times per week

... the revised proposals mean that these meat plants would pay reduced charges in a tiered system, depending on the volume of livestock units or meat they process ... for meat plants processing more than 5,000 livestock units per year full cost charges would apply with no discount for any of the throughput ... 4 million for about 420 establishments as originally proposed the fsa estimates that removing the current discount would result in cost increases to the uk meat industry of approximately £20 million ... this is against a uk meat market (excluding game) worth about £6 ... 34 billion to the uk economy ... fsa chair jeff rooker said: ‘the board has confirmed that it is not the role of the fsa, as the food safety regulator, to subsidise the meat industry for the cost of delivering official controls

... places are still available for anyone interested in attending public discussions on proposals to charge the uk meat industry the full cost of official controls on meat ... on 25 may, at its open meeting, the fsa board will discuss future charging policy for meat official controls

... the agency will be holding four public meetings in different parts of england this month, about proposals to charge the uk meat industry the full cost of official controls on meat ... on 25 may, at its open meeting, the fsa board will discuss future charging policy for meat official controls

... the food standards agency has begun a consultation on proposals to charge the uk meat industry the full cost of official controls on meat ... about official controls official controls on meat hygiene and animal welfare at slaughter are carried out by official veterinarians and meat hygiene inspectors in slaughterhouses, meat cutting plants and game handling establishments ... the controls, which are a legal requirement under eu law, help ensure that these businesses meet their legal obligations on meat hygiene and animal welfare ... the fsa is responsible for the controls in the uk and, under the current system, the agency charges businesses for part of the cost of delivering them ... the board agreed that the fsa should consult with industry and stakeholders on the proposal to recover full costs for official meat controls

... uk meat supplier cranswick today (13 july) posted a 19% increase in first-quarter sales, primarily due to its acquisition of ccf norfolk in june last year

... a survey by a protein ingredient supplier indicates that 12 per cent of brits have reduced their meat consumption in the last five years, for weight management, cost or environmental and ethical reasons ... there has been growing debate about the role of meat in the diet, as more evidence has emerged to link high intakes to increased risk of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers ... it said that reducing meat and dairy consumption are behaviours that “are shown to have some of the highest environmental impacts”, however gaps in the consumer evidence base must be filled before any intervention approaches can be designed ... it was conducted by icm on behalf of volac, a supplier of whey protein to the food industry, and polled the views of 2000 uk adults ... some 12 per cent of the respondents admitted changing their diet to include more non-meat protein sources in the last five years

... a move to raise the age limit from 30 to 48 months at which uk cattle are tested for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse), would, if implemented, help reduce processors' costs and free up supplies ... the uk food standards agency (fsa), following a meeting yesterday, said it supports the move to testing at 48 months but would not wish this to be implemented until a further report on surveillance has been produced and this has been passed to the spongiform encephalopathies advisory committee (seac) for review ... in the uk, any move to raise the testing age of cattle slaughtered for food has to be agreed by fsa and subsequently must have ministerial approvement ... cost savings according to a report in the farmers' guardian, the change in the testing age could result in approximately 140,000 more cattle entering the food chain without being tested, which would result in considerable savings for the uk meat industry in terms of sampling and transport costs ... the british meat processors association (bmpa) said that processors would welcome the development in view of the fact that the department for environment, food and rural affairs’ (defra) is proposing to transfer the cost of bse testing back to the industry ... boost for uk beef alastair johnston, national farmers union (nfu) livestock advisor told foodproductiondaily ... com that the introduction of the new regulations would be “ good news for the uk meat industry ... at its peak in 1992 there were over 36,000 cases of bse in the uk, which had dropped to 82 cases by 2004, while there were 67 bse cases reported in 2007