Processing

The International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF) has welcomed the first European Food Safety Agency opinion on insect-based feed.

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National Farmers Union (NFU) Deputy President Stuart Roberts has written to The Times about eating sustainably and why going meat-free for January may not bring the expected climate benefits.

An in-depth report from Reuters has identified a consistent pattern of COVID-19 safety complaints from workers being ignored by local, state and federal regulators, leading to slipshod responses to outbreaks and worker deaths.…

Smithfield Foods has suspended federal campaign donations after the US Capitol riot on 6 December.

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp and Tyson Foods Inc say they have settled price-fixing litigation by a group of poultry buyers that accused them of violating US antitrust law by conspiring to inflate chicken prices.

The World food price index shows that global food prices rose for a seventh consecutive month in December across all major categories except sugar.

The NFU believes that harnessing gene editing technology and biotechnology can help the UK reach its net zero carbon ambitions.

The British Meat Processors Association warns that the UK Government's failure to prioritise food processing workers for the coronavirus vaccine puts the country's food supply at risk.

Plans to consult on gene editing – which could unlock substantial benefits to nature, the environment and help farmers with crops resistant to pests, disease or extreme weather and to produce healthier, more nutritious food – will be set out today by Environment Secretary George Eustice in his speech at the Oxford Farming Conference.…

Farm assurance body, Red Tractor, is urging farmers across the UK to participate in a consultation on how its farm standards should evolve beyond 2021.

Chicken processor Foster Farms is facing scrutiny after three workers at its Cherry Avenue plant in Fresno and nine workers at its Livingston plant in Merced county have died of COVID-19.

The UFCW has ratified a contract for poultry workers at a Foster Farms plant in Fresno, California, giving workers substantial pay increases and retirement security.

The United Kingdom left the European Union's orbit on Thursday, turning its back on a tempestuous 48-year liaison with the European project for an uncertain post-Brexit future in its most significant geopolitical shift since the loss of empire.…

News about bird flu in South Korea, China, Brexit and beef and pork highlights.

CP Foods has opened an export-only poultry complex in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam.

As a new, more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus emerges in the UK, the BMPA urges the government to vaccinate meat plant workers to avoid shutdowns and wide-spread supply chain disruptions.

Farming unions from the UK and the EU are breathing a sigh of relief after a post-Brexit trade agreement has been formalised, but warn that governments must act quickly to avoid border chaos.

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had devastating effects on the restaurant industry, and a University of Guelph food and agri-business forecaster expects many more changes still to come.

The Pirbright Institute shows that avian influenza viruses can combine two techniques to evade vaccine immunity, aiding their spread in the field