http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. A Dutch newspaper is reporting that a researcher at a Belgian university has developed a new method to detect boar taint. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100113/netherlands___detectng_boar_taint_after_the_event_is_quite_pointless_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The most humane method to euthanize animals that are in severe pain or suffer severely seems to be the use of nitrogen gas foam. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080113/netherlands___new_methods_of_killing_pigs_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Today, VION N.V. announced that it has entered into an agreement for the intended sale of its company Oerlemans Foods to Baltussen Holding B.V. The latter will be supported by its strategic partner Rijko B.V. Baltussen specialises in the production and processing of fresh vegetables, Rijko in the sourcing of these raw materials. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110113/netherlands___vion_to_sell_oerlemans_foods.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Salmonella is a common component of the gut microflora of animals and can be found in the faeces of affected animals. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040113/netherlands___hens_will_always_eat_sh_t_so_you_will_always_have_salmonella_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Netherlands food producer, Vion NV, has reached an agreement for a management buy-out of its UK pork operations, securing around 4,000 jobs, subject to Competition Authority approval in Ireland. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/211212/netherland___vion_uk_asset_sale__.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The authorities are taking positive preventive action ahead of the deadline for introducing group housing for sows and gilts on 1 January 2013 to determine through compulsory surveys which premises are most likely to be non-compliant. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/241212/netherlands___setting_an_example_on_sow_stalls_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Coat makes the Chicken http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/111212/netherlands___marel_townsend_further_processings_democenter.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Topigs has announced the appointment of Jan Sallevelt as director International AI & Business Development. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/201212/netherlands___new_man_at_topigs___.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Final quarter of 2012 has seen the global beef market characterized by slightly larger supply, driven mainly by the natural recovery of herds in Brazil, Argentina and Australia. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/211212/netherlands___another_flip_flop_reportn_from_rabobank_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT HEERLEN, The Netherlands – Royal DSM on Dec. 6 said it had completed its acquisition of Cargill’s cultures and enzymes business, which should boost DSM’s growth plans for its dairy business. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/141212/netherlands___cargill_sale_finalised___.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Hypor’s first-to-market Genomic Selection breeding program enhances precision for genetic selection in pig breeding. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/111212/netherlands___genomic_selection_for_pigs___.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Rabobank has published a new research report on the global poultry industry in Q4 2012, examining how high feed prices continue to affect poultry industry margins. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/041212/netherlands___market_manipulation_pushing_grain_prices_nothing_else___.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Researchers at NIZO in The Netherlands found that people perceived sausages to be saltier after the researchers increased the serum levels, and thus the juiciness of the sausages. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/131212/netherland___you_couldnt_make_this_rubbish_up_.aspx meatpoultry.com Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Each year the Financieel Dagblad (Dutch Financial Times) organizes the FD Gazellen Awards. It highlights the fastest growing companies in the Netherlands, arranged by region and company size. A total of 350 companies in various categories received an award this year. Jan Zandbergen B.V. is one of them. Within the province of Utrecht, in the large companies category Jan Zandbergen B.V. even ended in second place with a growth of 81%. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/121212/netherlands___jan_zandbergen_bv_is_a_fd_gazelle.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dutch-based food producer Vion NV has announced that it has embarked on a process to sell its UK food businesses to concentrate on its core markets in the Netherlands and Germany and the development of its global ingredients business. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/211112/netherlands___vion_pull_the_plug_on_uk_operations___.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Rabobank has published a new research report on the global poultry industry in Q4 2012, examining how high feed prices continue to affect poultry industry margins. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/301112/netherlands___a_very_flawed_report_from_rabobank___.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT The company said that the move is necessary to reinforce the company’s competitive position on the strongly contested food market. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/301112/netherlands___more_job_losses_at_vion_foods_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT We regret to inform you of the sudden passing of Dick Ziggers, chief editor of AllAboutFeed magazine and content manager of AllAboutFeed.net, WorldPoultry.net and PigProgress.net, on Sunday the 18th November 2012. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/211112/netherlands___the_sad__premature_loss_of_a_great_farm_journalist__dick_ziggers.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT This reduction accounts for a 200 tonne drop from 495 tonnes in 2009 to 244 tonnes in 2012, outline Maram in a report detailing the changes in antibiotic usage from 2004 - 2012. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/201112/netherlands___leading_the_way_if_farm_drug_abuse_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Chinese authorities have formally allowed as from 1 November the imports of pig trotters from the Netherlands. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/131112/netherlands___pigs_feet_for_china_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT VION NV announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its company Banner Pharmacaps, which has its head office in High Point (NC) in the USA, to Patheon Inc., a leading provider of contract development and manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/121112/netherlands___vion_sell_banner_pharmacaps.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT The arrival of Highland cattle on dunes in north Holland so unsettled some walkers using the area that classes on the livestock are now being offered. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/061112/netherlands___scottish_highland_cattle_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT This early weaning results in several changes for the piglet such as separation from the mother, new housing, grouping with other animals and new feeds, normally solid, making the weaning period rather stressful for the piglet. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/051112/netherlands___pig_antibiotics_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT This early weaning results in several changes for the piglet such as separation from the mother, new housing, grouping with other animals and new feeds, normally solid, making the weaning period rather stressful for the piglet. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/051112/netherlands___pig_antibiotics__0.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dutch food producers, Plukon Food Group and Mijwo Beheer have concluded an agreement in principle for the merger of Plukon retail Nederland and InterChicken Bodegraven. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/301012/netherlands___poultry_giants_merge_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Plukon Food Group B.V. and Mijwo Beheer B.V. have reached an agreement in principle for the merger of Plukon retail Nederland and InterChicken Bodegraven. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/011112/netherlands___poultry_merger_.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT TNO and Kanters Special Products together started a research that focuses on reducing antibiotic use in the intensive livestock sector through the use of natural ingredients. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/311012/netherlands___still_pumping_drugs_into_pigs_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT The retailer has launched three new lines including shoulder steaks, fillet and loin chops, complete with a high welfare sticker and a prominent description of product origin and rearing methods. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261012/netherlands____buying_british_pork_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT HEERLEN, The Netherlands – Royal DSM announced today that it has reached agreement with Cargill to acquire the company's cultures and enzymes business in an all cash transaction for a total value of €85 million ($110 million). The transaction is expected to close in the next couple of months. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/021112/netherlands___cargill_off_load_culture_busines_.aspx meatpoultry.com Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dutch food producers, Plukon Food Group and Mijwo Beheer have concluded an agreement in principle for the merger of Plukon retail Nederland and InterChicken Bodegraven. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/021112/netherlands___dutch_poultry_merger_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Pork prices dropped because the forecasters like Rabobankwere predicting a world grain shortage, when grain production was up 2.1% globally. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261012/netherlands___rabobank_forecasters_have_been_socialising_with_lance_armstrong_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Top quality British pork is now being sold in the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261012/netherlands___buying_british_pork_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT It took the Dutch 3 days to capitulate to Adolf Hitler in 1939 and the collaborators willingly marched the Jews off to the death camps, lest we forget. So this new move by the Dutch Government comes as no surprise. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/101012/dutch_government_planning_ban_on_kosher_slaughtering.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Jan Zandbergen World-Wide Quality in Meat, known to offer only the best, will shortly launch a high quality rosé veal range under the brand name ‘Sidera’. Sales of all primal cuts known to industry, wholesale and retail will commence on the 17th of October 2012. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/121012/netherlands___jan_zandbergen_extends_product_range_introducing_rose_veal_sidera.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Swine producers need to take an animal-directed approach that involves spending more time observing pigs and learning their social behaviour, as well as understanding their locomotion characteristics and possible injuries within the group-housing system. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/181012/netherlands___group_housing_sows_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT The bank expects global hog prices to remain under pressure in the first part of Q4, followed by a price recovery towards the end of 2012 and into 2013 – which will begin when the current supply boost from feed price-induced herd liquidation fades. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/181012/netherlands___rabobank_telling_us_what_we_already_know_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT It took the Dutch 3 days to capitulate to Adolf Hitler in 1939 and the collaborators willingly marched the Jews off to the death camps, lest we forget. So this new move by the Dutch Government comes as no surprise. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/071012/netherlands____dutch_government_planning_ban_on_kosher_slaughtering.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT It is now possible to measure the complete DNA pattern in individual animals used for breeding purposes. This allows much more scope for breeding and selecting for favourable characteristics related to health, life duration, natural resistance and lowered environmental burden in pigs, cows and chickens, according to Wageningen University. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/011012/netherlands___dna_in_pigs.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT European meat processing giant VION Food Group has announced that Uwe Tillmann has stepped down as CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180912/netherland___uk_management_weak_link_in_vion_chain_.aspx 5mpublishing Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT European meat processing giant VION Food Group has announced that Uwe Tillmann has stepped down as CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170912/netherland___vion_finally_cleaning_house_.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Four Netherlands-based international companies - CRV (beef cattle), Hendrix Genetics (poultry and pigs), TOPIGS (pigs) and Cobb Europe (poultry) and Wageningen University & Research have committed themselves to reinforcing the position of the Netherlands as an innovative livestock breeding country through the Breed4Food initiative. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210912/netherlands___breedfood_initiative_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Industrial Auctions online auction of a former producer of salads, pestos etc http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110912/netherlands___industrial_auctions_online_auction_of_a_former_producer_of_salads_pestos_etc.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT PEOPLE: Uwe Tillmann, CEO Vion Food Group, steps down http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060912/netherlands___vion_foods_boss_steps_down_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT A seminar by animal health company Framelco in the end of last week in Kaatsheuvel, the Netherlands, zoomed in on gut health in pigs and poultry. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070912/netherland___trying_to_clean_pig_shit_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT As a first retailer to do so, Dutch supermarket Deen has conceded to welfare pressures and has announced it will stop selling conventionally produced chicken without an animal welfare label. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270812/netherlands___retailing_poultry_and_animal_welfare.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT GEA Food Solutions is to hold a Poultry Seminar at its Technology Center in Bakel (the Netherlands), where participants will be given an update on developments in the poultry market, an overview of the newest applications and demonstrations of the company’s latest marination, defrosting, coating and cooking solutions. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270812/netherlands___value_adding_poultry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Netherlands - Israel's Chief Rabbi Blasts Geert Wilder in Shechita Letter http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/310812/netherlands___israels_chief_rabbi_blasts_geert_wilder_in_shechita_letter.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT LPAI H7N7 has been discovered on a farm just south of the Dutch city of Utrecht in the village of Hagestijn. Dr Christianne Bruschke, chief veterinary officier attached to the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, has reported to the OIE an outbreak of Low pathogenic avian influenza with the serotype H7N7. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210812/netherlands___bird_flu_reported_.aspx oie.com Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Two pig farm sites have been destroyed by fire in the Dutch province of Gelderland in the last two days, killing 1,300 pigs in total. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140812/netherlands___fire_on_pig_farm_kills__pigs_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Rabobank has published a new Q3 report looking at the global beef industry, and the production imbalance resulting from the North American drought. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170812/netherlands___global_beef_report_is_just_guesswork_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT