http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. According to a report by Europa Press, the marketing of Iberian ham bait increased 18 per cent to 4.2 million pieces, while the Iberian ham declined 15 per cent to 799,600 pieces. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010512/spain___ham_sales__0.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT El Rey Don Juan Carlos es el último caso, pero no el único, de personajes públicos que han pedido perdón por alguno de sus actos. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/200412/spain___shame_of_the_world_wildlife_fund_wwf.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Spanish exports of beef to countries outside the EU-27 increased by 18.78 per cent in 2011 to 13,320 tonnes compared with 11,214 tonnes traded outside the European Union in the previous year, according to recent data published by the European Commission (CE). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280312/spain___beef_exports__tons.aspx 5mpublishing Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT 10 companies from the Spanish agro industry will collectively attend this year’s AGRAME, showing their technological innovations, new products and leading services for the global Agricultural Machinery market. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040412/spain___agragex_will_be_present_at_agrame.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Aviagen have appointed Sergio Illán to the position of Business Unit Manager for Aviagen S.A.U. In this role he will lead the local management team, which oversees all Aviagen’s business within Spain, Portugal and Morocco. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210212/spain___aviagen_sau_appoints_new_manager.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT The announcement was made at a press conference attended by Basque government representatives Jon Azkue, Deputy Regional Minister for Fisheries and the Food Industry, and Jokin Díaz, Director for Fisheries and Aquaculture; Pescafria Manager Francisco Rodríguez; MSC Regional Director for Europe Nicolas Guichoux, and Laura Rodríguez, MSC Spain and Portugal Country Manager. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/200212/spain___fish_quotas_.aspx 5mpublishing Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Last year was a relatively good year for both cattle finishers and the beef industry. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140212/spain___the_beef_trade_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT A study appearing on-line Jan. 24 in the British Medical Journal found the consumption of fried foods was not associated with coronary heart disease or with all cause mortality in Spain, a Mediterranean country where olive oil or sunflower oil is used for frying. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010212/spain___all_previous_medical_reasearch_proved_to_be_false__.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Serotypes of bluetongue virus detected in mainland Spain in recent years have been: http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020212/spain___bluetongue_bonanza_for_drug_companies_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT According to the organisation, the situation is becoming more serious as the EU permits limits of mercury in fish that do not adequately protect human health. Neither does it take into account the average consumption, and body characteristics of consumers. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020212/spain___problems_in_fish.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT In an issued statement, UUAA said that this drop in revenue has resulted companies' requirement to increase the weight of pigs from 90 to 105 kilos. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260112/spain___crisis_on_pig_farms.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Genesus is pleased to announce its first genetic production nucleus in Western Europe located in Spain. The unit is a sow facility on an isolated plateau in central Spain. This biosecure operation will produce Genesus purebred gilts for customers in Spain. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090112/spain___genesus_production_nucleus_in_spain.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Easyfresh Newsletter is distributed to more than 5000 recipients related to frozen and fresh trades and located around the globe. This includes producers, receivers, shipping lines, hauliers, customs house brokers, coldstore operators, etc, being Easyfresh customers or suppliers. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/311211/spain___easyfresh_newsletter_st_december.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Semen Cardona’s customers - big winners at the Porc d’Or 2011 http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/221211/spain___golden_pig_awards.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT OGALSA begins the diffusion worldwide of its new micro-injection advanced system "MAS" technology, specialized in delicate meat and poultry injection. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/301111/spain___ogalsas_micro__injection_advanced_system.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Geminiano, one of the oldest and most reputable Spanish Serrano ham producers in the world, launches international websites to sell their products online. For 100 years, the Guijuelo ham producer has only sold their products to butchers and delicatessen shops in Spain. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/231111/spain___selling_geminiano_ham_online_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Spain has been given two months to improve animal welfare, or it will be taken by the European Commission to the European Court of Justice. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/141111/spain___slaughterhouse_problems.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Just as in the Middle Ages, flocks of sheep and herds of cows made their way through Madrid city centre on Sunday, marking the centuries-old annual tradition of transhumance, in which cattle migrates from summer to winter pastures. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/141111/spain___talking_cattle.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT This week's global hog market report from Genesus focuses on Spain and has been prepared by Javier Santamartina of Genesus, covering Spain, Portugal and Italy. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/111111/spain___the_pig_market.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT An outbreak of Bluetongue has been reported to the OIE by Dr Lucio Ignacio Carbajo Goni , Subdirector General de Sanidad de la Producción Primaria, Dirección General de Recursos Agrícolas y Ganaderos, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino, Madrid, Spain. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/201011/spain___bluetongue_confirmed.aspx oie.com Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT The European Commission has called on Spain to take action to address deficiencies in the implementation of EU legislation on the welfare of animals at the time of slaughter. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/051011/spain___animal_welfare_problems_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Secretary of State for Rural Water, Josep Puxeu, highlighted that the livestock sector provides quality food, creates wealth and jobs and sustains a competitive food industry for Spain, at the 558th edition of the International Livestock at Zafra. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/051011/spain___the_livestock_trade_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Spanish pork market has started to decrease, writes Javier Santamartina from Sales and Services, Genesus, in Spain, Portugal and Italy. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/051011/spain___the_pork_market.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT In an effort to boost sales, Spanish retailers have been aggressively reducing beef prices to the point where beef steaks have been priced lower than chicken breasts at €6.99/kg in Carrefour last week http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270911/spain___drop_in_beef_sales.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Mobepack currently employs approximately 80 staff, who will be integrated in the Spanish distribution and service business of MULTIVAC Spain. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220811/spain___multivac_expanding.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Weak Spanish government conditions enthusiasm for an EU/Mercosur deal http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220811/spain___closer_ties_wanted_with_mercosur.aspx MercoPress.com Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT The samples of the three types of milk studied showed that they all contain anti-inflammatories, although the largest number of drugs was found in whole cows’ milk. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300711/spain___detecting_drugs_in_milk.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT During the 6th International Symposium on Emerging and Re-emerging Pig Diseases held in Barcelona, Spain earlier this month, nearly 400 pig specialists attended the Merial Satellite Symposium ‘Update on Swine influenza’. New epidemiological data on swine influenza viruses (SIVs) and their clinical impact were discussed by speakers from four European countries relevant to the swine industry, and the Merial Flu Kit, a diagnostic “tool box”, for the rapid detection of the presence of SIV, presented. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270711/spain___cashing_in_on_swine_flu_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT The first gilts have just farrowed on the high-health unit set up on a refurbished farm near Segovia in central Spain by Agapito Torrego Cuerdo, a privately-owned company, at a capital cost of €1,459,000 (£1,313,350)*. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140711/spain___acmc_new__sow_unit_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Western Europe’s Muslim population has exploded from less than 250,000 to between 15 and 20 million currently, according to Cecilia Ruiz, Manager, Bord Bia Madrid. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130711/spain___the_halal_meat_market_.aspx 5mpublishing Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD) still has a long-term interest in acquiring a majority stake in Europe's largest packaged meats company despite abandoning its pursuit earlier this month. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060711/spain___pork_takeover_could_go_ahead.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Interview with Rafael Llerena, CEO Easyfresh, Global Reefer Logistics Suppliers Most likely, the simplest way to describe logistics is to say that it is about how to meet the demand for produce. A popular expression is to say that logistics should ensure that the right produce, in the right quantity, is at the right place at the right time. This may sound rather simple and straightforward but all of us have almost certainly experienced situations when we strongly felt that some or all of the above requirements were not fulfilled. How about that time you last ordered a new car? http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010711/spain____interview_with_rafael_llerena___ceo_easyfresh.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Forum’s first section, ‘Reducing human-induced stress in farm animals’, showed that farmers’ behaviour has a great impact on animals’ productivity and health. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010711/spain___animal_welfare_.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT EASYFRESH is pleased to announce their “Easyfresh Newsletter” (second quarter 2011; 30th June, 2011). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300611/spain___easyfresh_newsletter_second_quarter_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Smithfield Foods announced in the end of last week that it has terminated negotiations with respect to its proposed joint delisting takeover bid, together with Pedro Ballve, to acquire the remaining shares of Campofrio Food Group. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280611/spain___smithfield_get_cold_feet_over_pork_acquisition_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT After days of recriminations that threatened new inter-European trade wars, the German authorities conceded contaminated Spanish cucumbers are not to blame for a mystery illness which has claimed the lives of 16 people and infected more than 1200 others. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240611/spain___cucumbers_cleared_of_e_coli.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Shares in Campofrio Food Group tanked 17% on Friday after US pork giant Smithfield Foods withdrew an bid valuing the Spanish company, Europe's biggest producer of processed meats, at about E1.5bn including debt. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240611/spain___meat_company_shares_drop_.aspx Agrimoney.com Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Citing adverse economic conditions in Europe and recent declines in its stock price, among other things, Smithfield Foods Inc. announced an end to negotiations regarding its proposed joint delisting takeover bid, together with Pedro Ballve, to acquire the remaining shares of Campofrio Food Group SA. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240611/spain___smithfield_gets_cold_feet_over_further_investment_.aspx meatpoultry.com Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT The number of those struck down by E.coli food poisoning in Germany has risen - hundreds more have been affected - and the source of the bacteria is still not known. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230611/spain___farmers_destroy_crops.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT After days of recriminations that threatened new inter-European trade wars, the German authorities conceded last night that contaminated Spanish cucumbers are not, after all, to blame for a mystery illness which has claimed the lives of 16 people and infected more than 1,200 others. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210611/spain___cucumbers_not_guilty_of_e_coli.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Spain may “take action” against Germany for saying Spanish cucumbers were the cause of an E. coli outbreak, Deputy Prime Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210611/spain___wrongfully_accused_on_e_coli_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT The number of those struck down by E.coli food poisoning in Germany has risen - hundreds more have been affected - and the source of the bacteria is still not known. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/200611/spain___farmers_destroy_crops_for_no_reason.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Future prevention of emerging swine diseases will be the subject of a special satellite symposium sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health as part of the 6th International Symposium on Emerging and Re-emerging Pig Diseases in Barcelona in June. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230611/spain___prevention_of_emerging_swine_diseases.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Agricultural engineer, Fernando Garcilópez Pérez, has been appointed by Danisco Animal Nutrition to the role of Business Manager. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010611/spain___new_business_manager_at_danesco.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Meat processor Campofrio reported a decline in net profit during the first quarter of 2011 on the back of higher raw material costs. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010611/spain___smithfield_still_after_campofrio.aspx just-food.com Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Mikhail Volkov, Special to Russia Now In its drive to become 
self-sufficient in certain foodstuffs, the Russian government has introduced a partial import ban on meat http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290411/spain___russia_impose_pork_ban.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Spanish food group Campofrio's (CPF.MC) largest shareholder Smithfield Foods (SFD.N) and its chairman said on Wednesday they are mulling a bid for shares they do not already own in the company at 9.50 euros ($13.6) each. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250411/spain___smithfield_foods.aspx reuters Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT According to a Kantar Worldpanel research commissioned by Bord Bia, even though the product’s average price is higher than that of supermarkets/hypermarkets, consumers trust their local butcher, believing that the product is fresher, more local and easier to buy in smaller amounts more frequently. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210411/spain___the_retail_beef_market_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Easyfresh network is formed by a number of well reputed and long established companies, having an extensive know-how in perishable cargo handling. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040411/spain___rafael_llerena_ceo_easyfresh.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Smithfield Foods Inc. said today that it and the chairman of Campofrio Food Group S.A. packaged meats company, Pedro Ballve, are evaluating a joint de-listing takeover bid to buy approximately 50 percent of the Madrid-based Campofrio for €9.5 ($13.62) per share. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070411/spain___smithfield_take_full_control__of_campofrio_food_group_sa.aspx meatingplace Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT