Horsemeat scandal boosts sales for small-scale butchers
Trade jumps by as much as 30% for those offering locally sourced, high-quality meat as shoppers shun processed food Small-scale butchers are seeing sales rise in wake of horsemeat scandal. Photograph:...
View ArticleCalifornia Food Safety Program Stresses Value of Government Oversight
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In light of the House Energy and Commerce Committee report issued yesterday on the outbreak of Listeria associated with Colorado-based Jensen Farms cantaloupe, a...
View ArticleUS farm trade frets over sequestration, meat sector worries most
* Fed budget cuts seen snarling food supply chain * Meat inspector furlough notices to be sent this wk-Ag Sec * Sequestration affect on US grain inspections minimal By Theopolis Waters and Michael...
View ArticleHow To Talk To The Butcher
Do you know the difference between a Tri-Tip and a Flatiron? We're guessing the answer is probably no, which means you should be consulting with a butcher. While talking to a butcher may seem like an...
View ArticleFarm trade frets over sequestration, meat sector worries most
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Farmers and agribusiness companies are worried that across-the-board federal budget cuts will snarl the supply channels for everything from milk and broiler chickens to grain...
View ArticleLackawanna gets a new supermarket
Lackawanna -- a city virtually devoid of large grocery store options -- has a new supermarket. It's not Tops, Wegmans or Jubilee, but the Lackawanna Halal Market at Ridge Road and Steelawanna Avenue...
View ArticleNo bones about it: The butcher is back
Knife in hand, Ryan Farr surveys the fresh whole lamb carcass stretched out on the cutting board, garnet flesh wrapped in a thin coat of pearlescent fat. He cuts into the ribs with the practiced skill...
View ArticleChef plans to open Bavette, a butcher shop, cafe and market in the Third Ward
| A Milwaukee chef will open a butcher shop emphasizing locally and sustainably produced meats: Karen Bell, formerly of Cafe at the Plaza, plans to open Bavette Butcher Shop in the Historic Third...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi abattoirs gear up for Eid Al Adha
ABU DHABI -The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City announced that preparations are in full swing for the advent of the blessed Eid Al Adha through stepping up the readiness of slaughterhouses with the aim...
View ArticleReal Butcher Shop to open in Santa Fe
New Mexico Business Weekly by Steve Ginsberg, Reporter Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 1:32pm MDT Tom Delehanty and Tracey Hamilton of Socorro-based organic poultry farm Pollo Real will open Real...
View ArticleSupreme Court strikes down California law regulating ‘downer’ livestock
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that regulation of the nation’s slaughterhouses is exclusively up to the federal government and struck down a California law that required immediate...
View ArticleHorses could be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption within A MONTH
Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress lifted a five-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections. Activists warn slaughterhouses, which must be inspected to...
View ArticleSupreme Court favors federal slaughterhouse laws
California's law banning the sale of meat from livestock too feeble to walk to their deaths drew a withering response from the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. Nearly every justice who spoke at the...
View ArticleButcher fired over under-the-counter deals would be sacked in any reasonable...
This is going to be a Brussels village comment, but still it can illustrate the cultural gap between the British and the Continentals that will never be bridged. In the Mail it is a report that the...
View ArticleEC audit finds deficiencies in meat and milk plants
Cleanliness and maintenance issues found in European Commission audit, writes PAUL CULLEN� MOULD ON walls, rusty structures, peeling paint and broken fixtures have been found by European Commission...
View ArticleE. coli levels reduced by better hygiene on farms and in slaughterhouses
Escherichia coli (E. coli) are a large and diverse group of bacteria. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that although most strains of E. coli are harmless, others can make you...
View ArticleBioPet Vet Lab Unveils IntegriMEAT™, a DNA Tracking Program for Livestock
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioPet Vet Lab, a leading animal biotechnology company specializing in DNA applications, has launched IntegriMEAT™, a DNA-source verified program aimed to produce an...
View ArticleFoster Farms certified as humane producer
California's Foster Farms is the first major broiler chicken producer in the nation to carry the American Humane Association seal, ensuring consumers that its farms meet the nonprofit's stringent...
View ArticleShop forced to close to clean up act
Food safety inspectors confronted by scenes of rotten milk and a snotty-nosed baby fouling meat pies are keeping a close eye on one Rangitikei food premises. A food safety inspectors' report paints a...
View ArticleHigh on the hog
Butchery class attracts students of all cuts KYLE ROBERTSON | DISPATCH PHOTOS David and Cheryl Smith of Bluescreek Farm Meats show off parts of a hog half during their class at the North Market. The...
View ArticleSupreme Court Likely To Overturn California Law Requiring Killing Of Downed...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court seemed ready Wednesday to block a California law that would require euthanizing downed livestock at federally inspected slaughterhouses to keep the meat out of the...
View ArticleSupreme Court skeptical of California's slaughterhouse law
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices carved into California's ban on the commercial slaughter of lame livestock Wednesday, leaving the state law's future in doubt. In a case that pits state vs....
View ArticleCourt likely to overturn Calif. law on livestock
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court seemed ready Wednesday to block a California law that would require euthanizing downed livestock at federally inspected slaughterhouses to keep the meat out of the...
View ArticleMobile Slaughterhouses Help Meat Go Local
Bruce Dunlop was an engineer before he became a farmer on a picturesque island off the coast of Washington in 2002. This technical background turned out to serve him well in producing pork and lamb to...
View ArticleFood festival talk to give business tips to local butchers and farm shops
Danny Upson will be talking at the York Festival Of Food & Drink LOCAL butchers and farm shops will be given tips on how to increase their profits at the York Festival Of Food & Drink. Danny...
View ArticleSupreme Court seems ready to block California law that requires...
The Supreme Court seemed ready Wednesday to block a California law that would require slaughterhouses to immediately euthanize livestock that cannot walk to its own demise. A clear majority of...
View ArticleFree goats head to butcher shops
Free goats given by the government are making their way to butchers’ shops in Dindigul. The Dindigul district administration has retrieved 11 goats from a butcher who bought the government goats from...
View ArticleShambles Butchers in court over hygiene issues
Shambles Butchers in Little Shambles SHAMBLES Butchers has been ordered to stop selling salami, pork pies and prepared meat following a hygiene inspection. Environmental health officers were so...
View ArticleHorsemeat scandal: Owner of Yorkshire abattoir denies wrongdoing
As FSA shuts Todmorden slaughterhouse, town reflects on Peter Boddy's animal collection and 50 years in the meat trade A farmworker uses a tractor to block the entrance to Peter Boddy's Todmorden...
View ArticleUnhygienic meat causing public health hazards
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View ArticleButchers busy over horse meat scare
SHOPPERS across the region are returning to the high street as the scandal over horse meat in the food chain hits consumer confidence. A poll of independent food retailers from the...
View ArticleButchers Q Guild honour for Ainsty Farm Shop
The farm shop staff, from left, Katie Stuehmeyer, Michael Smith and Sean Davis with owners Stuart and Lily Beaton THE AINSTY Farm Shop in Green Hammerton has become a member of the Butchers Q Guild....
View ArticleButcher Beau Johnson admits hygiene charges
Beau Johnson MAGISTRATES have turned down York council’s plea that a former city centre butcher convicted of hygiene lapses be banned from managing other food businesses. Magistrate Hilary Gilbertson...
View ArticleAbattoir to be shut, butchers moved to makeshift facility
CHENNAI: The corporation will on Monday shift all butchers in the Perambur slaughterhouse to a temporary abattoir at the same location. TOI had reported how butchers were forced to work in unhygienic...
View ArticleAmerica's best butcher shops
By Dan MyersPublished November 06, 2013The Daily Meal 1 Lindy & Grundy, Los Angeles The Butcher and Larder 2 The Butcher and Larder, Chicago The Local Butcher Shop 3 The Local Butcher Shop,...
View ArticlePalmyra Real Food Emporium to partner with Breakaway Farms to add butcher shop
Palmyra Real Food Emporium in Palmyra is adding a butcher shop. Owner Tom Maurer said Breakaway Farms in Mount Joy, Lancaster County will sell...
View ArticleAinsty Farm Shop wins national bacon awards
Local butcher wins national awards A GOLD award double has been secured by Ainsty Farm Shop with recognition for...
View ArticleAxe on roadside slaughterhouses OUR CORRESPONDENT Odisha State Pollution...
Bhubaneswar, Dec. 4: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board will initiate action against unauthorised meat shops that butcher animals in public view. This was decided at a meeting of the State...
View ArticleRats, blood, cockroaches found in closure-order food premises
Cockroaches, dead rats and congealed blood were some of the reasons temporary closure orders were served on restaurants and food businesses during the year. Up to December 19th, the Food Safety...
View ArticleChennai Corporation launches crackdown on shops selling unhygienic meat
CHENNAI: Inspections conducted by the Chennai Corporation's officials on Sunday found that several meat shops in the city are selling unstamped meat to the customers, posing severe health problems. A...
View ArticleRats, blood and cockroaches found in food premises issued with closure...
Cockroaches, dead rats and congealed blood were some of the reasons temporary closure orders were served on restaurants and food businesses during the year. Up to December 19th, the Food Safety...
View ArticleButcher Michael Smith named Young Sausage Maker of the Year
Michael Smith, of the Ainsty Farm Shop at Green Hammerton, who has been named Young Sausage Maker of the Year A BUTCHER’S career is going with a bang-er after he was named Young...
View ArticleDarlington Butchers Business fined for hygiene offences (Darlington Borough...
(Source: Darlington Borough Council) 8/11/13 - On Wednesday 30th October Darlington Magistrates fined a Darlington butchers business based at Unit 10 Red Barnes Way, Darlington DL1 2RR, a total of...
View ArticlePremium grade
Free-range and Pearl pork give consumers peace of mind. PIG FARMING has a reputation for being carried out in unsanitary conditions, and pork is often thought of as dirty and unhealthy. It doesn't help...
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