http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. Members of the International Poultry Council (IPC) will gather in Bangkok in March for the organisation's first-semester meeting of 2013, hosted by the Thai Broiler Processing Exporters Association. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150113/thailand___international_poultry_council_ipc_meet_in_march_.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Biosecurity levels at contract broiler grower farms tended to be better than on cooperative and individual ones, according to new research from Thailand. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140113/thailand___cleaning_up_farms_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has set aside an investment budget of Bt15 billion for 2013 and targets total sales of Bt400 billion, up 14% from estimated total sales of Bt350 billion this year. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100113/thailand___meat_giant_foriegn_investment_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT A conglomerate controlled by Thailand's richest man, Dhanin Chearavanont, has bought a minority stake in China's Ping An Insurance for $9.38 billion from global bank HSBC, a bold move that ranks as Asia's second-largest deal this year. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/121212/thailand___meat_giant_moves_onj_china_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dr Gene Jin from Meriden China will be presenting a paper at the 15th AAAP Animal Science Congress in Thailand, which is taking place from 26th - 30th November 2012. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/051212/thailand___th_aaap_animal_science_congress___.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CPF) has held its second customer seminar and golf day sponsored by Aviagen. This year’s event was attended by over 50 representatives from the Thai poultry industry and included a number of broiler-focused presentations. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/091112/thailand___aviagen_sponsors_nd_cpf_customer_seminar_and_golf_day.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT According to The Nation of Thailand, Viboonlasana Ruamraksa, director-general of the Internal Trade Department, has said that the cancellation of the recommended prices would help push up pork prices. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/011112/thailand___pork_prices_.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Thai broiler industry has seen production costs increase with higher prices for soybean and corn; at the same time, prices for live broilers and chicken meat have declined due to a supply glut derived from increased broiler production. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/311012/thailand___poultry_production_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Despite a small increase in sales in Q3, there has been a decrease in profits due to falling meat prices on the domestic and international markets. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/251012/thailand____drop_in_profits_at_meat_giant_charoen_pokphand_food_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Taxpayers should not be surprised if they are occasionally confused by the conflicting statements made by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her ministers, Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom in particular, pertaining to anything related to the rice pledging scheme because the government is treating everything as a trade secret which must be kept confidential and disclosed to the public only at the end of next year. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/231012/thailand___massive_food_wastage_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Porcilis PRRS will be introduced this month by MSD Animal Health in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/081012/thailand___drug_companies_exploiting_the_thirs_world_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Changes to BSE rules http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/121012/thailand___changes_to_bse_rules.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Thailand’s broiler meat production in 2012 is estimated to grow sharply by 15 per cent to 1.55 MMT from 1.35 MMT. Meanwhile, the Thai broiler industry is encountering pressure from a significant reduction in prices for products across the board as well as higher production costs derived from escalating world prices for main feed ingredients, i.e. soybean meal and corn. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270912/thailand___the_poultry_industry.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT In association with Mahidol University (Thailand) and IFIP (French Institute for Pig Industry), Animine presented analytical findings on the risk of heavy metal contamination in pork offal (liver, kidney), at the 8th Congress of Toxicology in Developing Countries (8CTDC) held in Bangkok (Thailand) under the theme of “Sharing toxicological knowledge for healthy life and environment”. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250912/thailand___pig_offal_problems.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Chia Tai Group, an investment holding company of Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group, has announced construction of two grandparent egg breeder, two parent egg breeder, and two hatching facilities, in China’s Henan province. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300812/thailand___poultry_giant_expands_into_china_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Thai-German Meat Product Co (TGM) is to continue with plans to build a second processing plant in Chachoengsao in Thailand. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/310812/thailand___german_meat_plant_investment_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Charoen Pokphand Foods, Thailand's largest agribusiness company, has reported a 17% drop in quarterly earnings on Friday, hit by lower domestic meat prices and weak overseas operations. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210812/thailand____drop_in_earnings_at_charoen_pokphand_foods_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Foundation of Southeast Asia's AEC encouraging for livestock standards http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210812/thailand___talking_livestock.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Charoen Pokphand Food (CPF) set foot into India in 1992 with the establishment of shrimp-breeding and animal feed mills, according to The Nation of Thailand. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220812/thailand___meat_giant_invests_in_india_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT FAO and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are joining forces to combat foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on a global scale, laying out a detailed strategy today to bring the devastating livestock disease under control. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110712/thailand___fmd_rules__years_out_of_date_.aspx oie.com Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Farmers and consumers stand to benefit from a new global strategy to control the spread of a deadly livestock disease that was endorsed today by representatives from more than 100 countries and international donors at a conference in Bangkok. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090712/thailand___fmd_rules_and_knowledge_still_in_the_dark_ages_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) released a strategy to control food-and-mouth (FMD) disease on a global scale. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040712/thailand___fmd_need_modernising_with_less_drama_and_more_action_.aspx meatpoultry.com Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT According to Bangkok Post, the move is partly to address rising demand by consumers for better food safety and alleviate their environmental concerns. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020712/thailand___meat_giant_goes_green_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF), has announced that it will be spending a total of 4 billion baht (€101.3 million) to turn all of its 323 operations green within the next 3-5 years. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250612/thailand___meat_giant_goes_green_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Government attempts to keep down fuel prices are not helping reduce the cost of farm products, according to vendors at a downtown fresh food market. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060612/thailand___the_pork_trade_.aspx 5mpublishing Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT High pork prices http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300512/thailand___high_pork_prices.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Meat giant producing poultry feed http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300512/thailand___meat_giant_producing_poultry_feed.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Although the government has reaffirmed its policy of controlling prices, many consumer goods makers are seeking to increase retail prices taking into account the higher wages, utilities and fuel price, a reporters' survey showed. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150512/thailand___concerns_over_meat_prices_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Washington reported on Tuesday that a cow in California had been infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010512/thailand___ban_on_us_beef_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The EU Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health reached a consensus in early April to reopen the imports of Thai frozen uncooked chicken, beginning on 1 July 2012. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010512/thailand___poultry_for_europes_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Cobb, one of the world leaders in poultry breeding, and CP Foods, of Thailand, have entered a new agreement to pursue research and development opportunities in the Asian region. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230412/thailand___cp_foods_and_cobb_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Thailand based Betagro Group has planned a series of investments in feed and livestock production in neighbouring countries to cash in on an economic boom expected after the establishment of the Asean Economic Community in 2015. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160412/thailand___overseas_meat_investment_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT GFPT, Thailands’ SET-listed chicken producer and exporter, has outlined a 1.5-billion-baht investment plan to help it manage its business more sustainably and achieve annual sales of 20 billion baht in three years. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160412/thailand___poultry_exports_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Betagro, one of Thailand’s agribusiness leaders, has opened a new pork manufacturing plant. The project is a joint venture between Betagro MF Deli and the Japanese food processor Marudai Food. The new plant, located in Lop Buri, cost 650 million baht (€15.8 million). It will be able to produce 600 tonnes of sausages and 200 tonnes of frozen cooked food a month for export, mainly to Japan. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040412/thailand___new_pork_plant_opens.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Thailand’s largest agribusiness conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) will increase the number of its CP Fresh Marts to 2,000 by 2015, tripling last year's level. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110412/thailand___marketing_more_fresh_meat.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT The new Cobb office for the Asian region in Bangkok, Thailand, has been officially opened by the company’s president Jerry Moye. The ceremony and dinner was attended by the whole Cobb Asia team, executives from the USA and senior managers from Thailand based companies CP Foods, GFPT, Saha Farms and Betagro. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020412/thailand___cobb_officially_opens_new_asian_office_in_thailand.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Cobb, one of the world leaders in poultry breeding, and CP Foods, of Thailand, have entered a new agreement to pursue research and development opportunities in the Asian region. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050412/thailand___new_cobb_research_agreement_in_asia.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Talking US pork http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060412/thailand___talking_us_porl.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Thailand’s second-largest agribusiness company Betagro officially opened a new pork-processing facility in Khon Kaen last week – and this is only the beginning of a larger plan to target North Eastern Thailand. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040412/thailand___new_pork_plant_opend_for_betagro_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT As from mid-2012, Thailand is allowed once more to export salted poultry meat into Europe. These exports had been forbidden over the last couple of years, as Thailand did not meet the European regulations with regard to animal health status and checks. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020412/thailand___poultry_exports.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Thailand's GSP privileges are at risk of being suspended due to Thailand's unfair import restrictions on US pork into Thailand. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300312/thailand___pork_problems_.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has confirmed the results of negotiations with the EU on allocation of processed poultry import quotas. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290212/thailand___eu_poultry_quota.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 10 operating agro industrial and food businesses have been consolidated into a new firm - CPF (Thailand) Plc, aimed at enhancing business efficiency. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220212/thailand___meat_giant_merging_companies_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT On 24 January 2012, DLD provided APHIS Bangkok with the list of approved US collection centres for the exportation of bovine semen and swine semen to Thailand. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230212/thailand___importing_semen_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT The consolidation, approved by CPF's executive board last September, is aimed at enhancing business efficiency, the company informed the SET, reports TheBangkokPost http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210212/thailand___changes_at_meat_giant_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Thai food giant Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) has consolidated 10 units operating agro-industrial and food businesses into a new firm, CPF (Thailand) Plc. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140212/thailand___poultry_giant_going_from_strength_to_strength_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Charoen Pokphand Foods, Thailand's largest agribusiness company, expects sales in 2012 to exceed 300 billion baht ($9.55 billion), boosted by its purchase of a Hong Kong affiliate, its president said according to Reuters news agency. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130212/thailand___big_things_going_on_at_poultry_giant_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Barbecued rats, for sale at the roadside in Thailand, are selling for about £1 more per kilo than British pigmeat is fetching in this country. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260112/thailand___rats_worth_more_than_pork_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT In a bid to promote the CP brand, Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has shifted its bulk trading of chicken and pork into packages with the CP logo, aimed at achieving a sustainable sales growth of 10-15% of more premium-quality consumer goods. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/271211/thailand___the_pork_trade.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF), the SET-listed food flagship of the CP Group, announced a 66.3-billion-baht fund to gain control of agricultural subsidiaries in China and Viet Nam. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/141211/thailand___meat_giant_spreading_its_wings.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT