http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. CTB Inc. is the new owner of Meyn Holding B.V., a parent company to Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V., which is a leading poultry processing equipment company. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150512/netherlands___new_boss_for_meyn_poultry_machinery_.aspx meatpoultry.com Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dutch to open three layer breeding sow house http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160512/netherlands___housing_breeding_sows_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT US based CTB Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire Meyn Holding bv, the parent company of Meyn Food Processing Technology, from Altor 2003 Fund. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140512/netherlands___meyn_food_equipment_sold_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT During Q2 2012, Rabobank said there will be downside price risks in cattle/beef markets because it predicts there will be a slightly larger global supply, primarily through Brazil and other Southern Hemisphere countries, in a relatively weak global economy. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140512/netherlands___rabobank_estimate_as_reliable_as_the_weather.aspx meatpoultry.com Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT We have a large number of used/older machinery and equipment in stock. Ranging from "in the box" equipment to machines which haven't been used for some time. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050512/netherland___used_abattoir_and_meat_plant_equipment_for_sale_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Department of Agriculture has temporarily suspended the importation of poultry and its by-products from the Netherlands following one reported outbreak of low-pathogenic avian flu there in March 2012. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020512/netherlands___asian_countries_ban_poultry_products_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Reproduction biotechnology company, IMV technologies organised its first seminar on poultry reproduction in its new headquarters in l’Aigle,France, on the 18th and 19th of April. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020512/netherlands___poultry_production_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Aviagen has boosted its global Research and Development capacity through a long-term lease of the research facilities of the internationally renowned applied poultry research institute Spelderholt, based in Lelystad, the Netherlands. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130412/netherlands___aviagen_takes_on_dutch_poultry_research_facility_spelderholt.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Multivac launches R515 thermoforming packaging machine http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120312/netherlands___new_packaging_machine_from_multivac.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Schothorst Feed Research will set up a training course with eight different modules focused on formulating feed for dairy, swine and poultry. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040412/netherlands___food_research_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dutch agricultural cooperative Agrifirm, strong in feed production, reported a net profit of €10 million in 2011, which is a decline of €14 million in comparison to the previous year. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040412/netherland___farm_co_op_posts_good_profits_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT DNA fragments can move from one chromosome to another as a circular strand. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030412/netherlands___dna_testing_for_cattle_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Test-tube burgers and skyscraper farms http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030412/netherlands___test_tube_burgers_and_more_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Meyn Food Processing Technology has relocated to a new state-of the-art headquarters and manufacturing facility as of April 1st 2012. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040412/netherlands___meyn_relocates_to_new_state_of_the_art_facility_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT With the acquisition of BAIC Protein in Maryborough, Queensland, Vion Ingredients has commenced the production of blood plasma and haemoglobin in Australia. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060412/netherlands___vion_buy_australian_animal_by_products__company_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Parti Quebecois is sounding the alarm bell over an Islamic food ritual, calling slaughter for halal meat an affront not only to the rights of animals but to the values cherished by Quebecers. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190312/netherlands___racism_and_halal_meat_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The establishment of general principles in a consolidated revised EU legislative framework may contribute to a simplification of the animal welfare legislation and ultimately facilitate its enforcement. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270312/netherlands___the_boar_pig_fiasco_will_backfire.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dutch authorities said 42,700 turkeys have been culled at a farm in the south of the country after a mild variant of the H7 bird flu strain was reported over the weekend. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260312/netherlands____turkets_culled_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The outbreak of avian influenza on a turkey farm in the South of the Netherlands has been confirmed to be of a relatively mild variety, H5N2. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220312/netherlands___bird_flu_confirmed_on_turkey_farm_.aspx oie.com Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The animal welfare lobby in Holland has shifted its focus from attacking farmers, to campaigning against supermarkets. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/200312/netherland___animal_activist_problems_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The 13th Conference of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE XIII) will be held from 20 - 24 August 2012 in the city of Maastricht, close to the border of the Netherlands and Belgium. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190312/netherlands___international_vets_conference.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Adisseo launches its fourth Rhodimet Research Grant http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190312/netherlands___poultry_research_grants.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The animal welfare lobby in Holland has shifted its focus from attacking farmers, to campaigning against supermarkets. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050312/netherlands___animal_welfare_hit_supermarkets.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dutch pork and other meat exports hope to be getting a boost by introducing a ‘Holland label’ indicating these types of meat have been produced in the Netherlands. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290212/netherlands___new_pork_lavel.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dutch pork and other meat exports hope to be getting a boost by introducing a ‘Holland label’ indicating these types of meat have been produced in the Netherlands. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280212/netherlands___pork_labelling.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dutch pork and other meat exports hope to be getting a boost by introducing a ‘Holland label’ indicating these types of meat have been produced in the Netherlands. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/200212/netherlands___new_pork_label.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dutch breeder Topigs is introducing a boar which is said to reduce boar taint by 40 percent in offspring. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160212/netherlands___a_big_boast_on_boar_taint.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT A new report published by Dutch animal rights campaign group Wakker Dier (literally: Alert Animal) - entitled The Mega-Stable as Export Product - says the subsidies mainly come from the Netherlands' development cooperation budget. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260112/netherlands___new_russian_pig_scandal.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT It has been announced that on 30 December, Vion Food Group acquired Eastman Gel from Eastman Kodak Company. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160112/netherlands___vion_invest_in_usa.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Onze nieuwe producten Boston Butt en Picnic zijn nu al een groot succes. Sinds enige tijd hebben we ook de Point Brisket in ons assortiment. Dit product hebben we nu ook weten uit te breiden met de "Whole Packer" versie. We zien dat u steeds meer geinteresseerd bent in een mooie 'roast', of braadstuk in goed Nederlands. En met meer van deze braadstukken laten we u graag kennis maken deze week. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180112/netherlands___week_van_het_braadstuk.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Since the first of January this year, Jos Ramekers is the new president of Dutch Poultry Centre (DPC). He took over this role from Jacco Wagelaar, who had been in this position from the moment DPC was founded in 2003. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/200112/netherland___dutch_poultry_ccente.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dutch meat processor Ekro needed a faster and more flexible printing and identification labelling system to address increasingly stringent industry regulations, manufacturing expansion and increasing customer demand. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040112/netherlands___meat_traceability_with_avery_dennison.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Big Dutchman co-founder passes away at age 100 http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180112/netherlands___death_of_a_farming_icon.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V. has announced the appointment of Han Defauwes as the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer by the Supervisory Board. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040112/netherlands___new_man_at_meyn_food_processing_technology_bv_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Scientists find it difficult to quantify financial effects of a reduction of antibiotics usage in livestock production, Dutch agricultural newspaper Agrarisch Dagblad reports. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130112/netherlands___pumping_antibiotics_into_pigs.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The time is drawing near to when MESSE C Fredericia will open its doors to the first NutriFair, a specialised trade fair for suppliers and producers of solutions for feedstuff and indoor at the agricultural livestock production. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120112/netherlands___nutrifair.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT TPI-Polytechniek B.V. has re-launched its website, offering better customer service and support http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120112/netherlands___tpi_polytechniek_website_re_aired.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre (ABGC), home to several top researchers of Wageningen UR Livestock Research and Wageningen University, is one of the 36 leading animal breeding research groups and businesses involved in 'SABRE – Cutting Edge Genomics for Sustainable Animal Breeding'. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110112/netherlands__animal_genetics_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT VDL Agrotech has introduced a new feeding system exclusively for males called ‘Matrix’ which will be available from January 2012. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090112/netherlands___poultry_feeding.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT 50% of the standard pork range from supermarket giant Lidl received a 1 Star which recognises animal welfare in the production of the meat. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040112/netherlands___animal_welfare_pork_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Scientists find it difficult to quantify financial effects of a reduction of antibiotics usage in livestock production, Dutch agricultural newspaper Agrarisch Dagblad reports. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020112/netherlands___trying_to_justify_farm_antibiotics_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The use of antibiotics in the livestock industry in the Netherlands must have gone down by 50 percent in 2013. This was the target, set by the Dutch ministry of agriculture in 2009. The major reason was, and still is, the increased incidence of dangerous multi resistant bacteria like ESBL in animal products such as poultry meat. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281211/netherlands___cutting_farm_antibiotics.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Topigs researchers have found a series of SNPs that define a genetic region which explains genetic variation for litter size and uniformity between pig litters. Using these SNPs uniformity in litter size and increased litter size can be bred for faster, more accurately and at the same time. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261211/netherlands___more_pigs_per_litter.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Approximately 40% of all male piglets born in the Netherlands are not castrated anymore. This figure was revealed by Dr Gé Backus (pictured), Wageningen University & Research Centre, at the start of the Boars Heading for 2018 conference. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/151211/netherlands___boar_pigs_make_up__of_pork_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Swine Research Farm Sterksel (Wageningen UR) in the Netherlands recently started to test the first prototype of a swine toilet. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/201211/netherland___pigs_have_always_been_clean_animals.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Association of Non Stun Abattoirs (ANSA), an industry body representing traditional UK Halal slaughterhouses, on Wednesday welcomed the news that the proposed parliamentary bill to ban religious slaughter of animals in the Netherlands had been withdrawn. It was reported earlier that the bill was withdrawn after a majority of Dutch senators expressed their reservations to the ban on Halal and Kosher slaughter. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/151211/netherlands___ansa_welcomes_withdrawal_of_proposed_dutch_religious_slaughter_ban_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Dutch genetics company Topigs has imported 1,003 breeding pigs to China. These animals originate from the company’s nucleus farms in Canada. The great grandparent animals are the top of the breeding pyramid and have the highest SPF health status. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/121211/netherlands___breeding_pigs_for_china.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Later this year, Meyn will launch the new line weigher for sorting lines. This carousel type machine was developed especially for use in high capacity lines and combines Meyn's 30 year experience in accurate line weighing with more recent insights on high speed processing. Frame and centre section of the machine are based on the line weigher for the Physic HS cut up line, with proven accuracy and durability. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/161111/netherland___new_from_meyn_line_weigher_for_sorting_lines.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT The slaughter of conscious animals was widely abandoned in the 20th Century and is now practised mainly in the Jewish and Muslim communities. Consumers increasingly expect animals to be stunned before death - but would banning other slaughter methods be an unacceptable violation of religious rights? http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/051211/netherlands___the_halal_and_kosher_slaughter_is_pure_racism_dec__.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT It makes no sense that the same rules do not apply for cattle and sheep. The international conference “Boars heading for 2018” , to be held in Amsterdam November 30th – December 2nd, is – with over 130 guests - fully booked. Representatives of all major European countries and from all parts of the pork production chain - from farmers till NGO’s - will attend the conference. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/081211/netherlands___paying_the_price_for_boar_pig_fiasco.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT