Abalone farming in South Africa is becoming increasingly important in protecting the abalone species, as well as establishing the basis for the future development of the national aquaculture industry.
As the horsemeat scandal continues to rage through Europe, policymakers and industry are starting to reflect on what caused the crisis, and how it can be avoided in the future. In a recent meeting held in Brussels, EU health and consumer policy commissioner Tonio Borg told members of the European Parliament’s health and food safety committee that it was a lack of proper controls and dissuasive sanctions on fraud in European Union (EU) countries that had caused the scandal.
The SA poultry industry is in dire need of support from government in order to avoid collapsing as the threat of cheaper imported products adds more pressure to keep costs down. Further exacerbating matters is the prediction by economists that the rand will strengthen, making imports into the country even more affordable. According to Gareth Lloyd-Jones, MD of Ecowize, a hygiene and sanitation company servicing the food and health sector, incidences of chicken dumping in SA are likely to increase over the next few months as suppliers in struggling EU economies look for ways to dispose of surplus product. This will place severe pressure on the already struggling local industry.
Can you beat 15 minutes? That is how long it takes for a major meat producer’s new integrated packing line to take 1 200kg of minced meat from the extruders and deliver fully labelled and quality-controlled one kilogramme packs, layered into Eurocrates. The line has been running for nearly a year now, and during that time no seal-defective trays have been rejected by the customer, a leading supermarket chain. What is more, this excellent line performance, supported by an efficient supply chain, has been able to deliver a nine day shelf life. If you’d like to know how we achieved this, please read the case study.
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Namibia and Uruguay may not be making a huge blip on the global radar in terms of economic size and stature, yet both are making significant waves in the meat industry. With animal health and welfare and the production of disease-free meat featuring high on many international markets’ selection criteria, both countries are developing reputations for their supply of excellent meat from top-quality animals.
Both advocate natural methods of farming and dismiss the use of growth hormones. Representatives from both countries have confirmed their places at this year’s Africa’s Big Seven (AB7), the continent’s leading food and beverage trade exhibition, which will provide them with vast opportunity for networking and forging business relationships with new international markets.
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