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China has launched an ambitious new trade policy One Belt Two Roads

Halal meat opportunities identified in China

By Mark Godfrey

The Gulf Halal Centre is teaming up with the China International Trade Promotion Centre (CITPC) to roll out certification in China for halal meat products.

Processors will now have to take responsibility for red meat promotion

NZ meat marketing initiative ditched

By Chloe Ryan

A dispute over money has led to the scrapping of a proposed meat marketing campaign in New Zealand which has been in development for the past two years.

The proposed NewCo co-operative is designed to help cattle farmers in New Zealand

New Zealand meat co-operative planned

By Helen Arnold

Details of a new meat co-operative in New Zealand have been unveiled this week, membership of which will require farmers to commit livestock supply for three years.

India has been urged by the WTO to liberalise import restrictions on poultry products and live pigs

WTO challenges India’s poultry and pig import bans

By Keith Nuthall

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has told India it should liberalise its bans on imports of poultry products and live pig imports, imposed over concerns that they could be infected with bird flu. 

The fat 1 gene is instrumental in converting Omega 6 fatty acids to Omega 3s

Chinese scientists create ‘healthier beef’ with added Omega-3s

By Helen Arnold

Chinese scientists have managed to rear cattle containing five times the amount of health-giving Omega 3 fatty acids normally found in the meat, which could help the beef industry to better compete in the future with other so-called ‘healthier’ forms...

Most of New Zealand's beef and dairy products are unbranded. Photo credit: Beef + Lamb New Zealand

Provenance of New Zealand foods overlooked

By Helen Arnold

Not enough is being done to promote awareness of the country of origin on New Zealand products, with the result that many overseas consumers are unaware that their meat originates from New Zealand, according to a new study.

China has become New Zealand largest market for lamb

China expands import of beef and lamb from New Zealand

By Elsa Reed, in Shenzhen

China has become New Zealand’s second-largest market for beef and the largest for its lamb in the 12 months ending 31 March 2015, the Meat Industrial Association (MIA) of New Zealand has told GlobalMeatNews.

The company is establishing a nationwide network of warehouses for distribution

China beef processor launches online store

By Mark Godfrey

One of China’s most ambitious beef processing and distribution firms has said it is setting up its own online store, which will eventually become China’s largest online retailer of beef and fine foods.

Indian exporters said they were expecting more sales

India buffalo meat exports on the rise

By Raghavendra Verman, in New Delhi

Indian buffalo meat exports have risen by 10% to US$4.78 billion in the financial year ending March 2015, according to provisional data released by India’s Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics on 8 May.

The Federal Ministry of National Food Security and Research has reversed a health certification fee charged for assessing meat and meat products introduced in March

Pakistan government annuls inspection fee rises

By Afshan Subohi, in Karachi

The Pakistan government has reversed a decision to increase a health certification fee charged for assessing meat and meat products, three weeks after it was issued, after meat exporters opposed the move. The Federal Ministry of National Food Security...

The sale of meat and the slaughtering of livestock has been banned following the earthquake which killed 7,500 people

Nepal meat industry devastated by earthquake

By Raghavendra Verma

Authorities in the earthquake-stricken Kathmandu have banned the sale of meat and the slaughtering of livestock, including poultry, across the Nepali capital, because of concerns about disease. Meat traders in the rest of Nepal have already been affected...

‘True Aussie’ was unveiled for the meat industry about a year ago

Australian ‘True Aussie’ quality campaign boosts exports

By Poorna Rodrigo

Australia’s push to re-define its agricultural produce under a unified name - ‘True Aussie’ that signifies products are clean, green and safe - is helping the country’s meat exporters, claim industry leaders.

Trade minsters have committed themselves to promoting Pakistani-Iranian trade

Pakistan meat exporters hope Iran import ban will be lifted soon

By Afshan Subohi, in Karachi

Pakistani meat exporters are optimistic that the Iranian government will lift an import ban imposed in early 2014 on Pakistan-produced meat, following a meeting last Wednesday (22 April) between the country’s trade ministers.

Ongoing strength of prices going forward will be impacted by weather conditions over the next three months

Weather looks set to hit Aussie cattle prices

By Georgi Gyton

A three-month period of rainfall has the potential to give Australian cattle prices “a strong kick”, according to Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) latest quarterly update.

McDonald's is looking to promote its burgers to Japanese consumers

McDonald’s Japan underlines beef quality

By Oli Haenlein

Videos looking at Australian beef farms have been produced by McDonald’s Japan to promote its burgers to customers, in an attempt to restore the fast food chain’s reputation.

Indian opportunity for poultry with Japanese help

Japan poultry giant mulls technology transfer to boost Indian exports

By Julian Ryall, in Tokyo, and Raghavendra Verma, in New Delhi

Tokyo-based Mayekawa Manufacturing Co is in talks with officials of India’s Andhra Pradesh state government to bring Japanese technology to the state’s large poultry industry. N. Chandrababu Naidu, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, visited Japan in...

Despite an existing ban, cows are still slaughtered illegally for food

Another Indian state tightens cow protection laws

By Raghavendra Verma, in New Delhi

The north Indian state of Haryana has enacted a new cow protection law that bans even the sale of canned beef and increases the prison term for slaughtering cows (including oxen) from five years to 10 years.

Kangaroo meat is readily available in the supermarket. Photo credit: Eric in SF - Wikimedia Commons

Retail analysis: Australia

By Lee Adendorff, in Lismore, New South Wales

Australians have some of the highest meat per capita consumption rates in the world and consume 121.2kg of meat per capita/year, according to data from the Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

Beef had been the cheapest meat available

Maharashtra beef processors upset over new oxen and bull slaughter ban

By Raghavendra Verma, in New Delhi

Beef traders in the Indian state of Maharashtra, which includes Mumbai, are in a desperate situation as the state government has started to implement a newly-approved law that bans the slaughter of oxen and bulls for religious reasons.

Those breaking the law could face up to five-years in jail

Maharashtra bans sale or possession of beef

By Georgi Gyton

The sale or possession of beef in Maharashtra, India could now carry a jail sentence, after a government Bill banning the practice was finally given presidential assent.

Compliance with Australia’s Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System remains a sticking point

Live exports from Australia to Vietnam skyrocket, but supply chain doubts remain

By Lee Adendorff, in Lismore, Australia; and Jens Kastner

A boom in Australian live cattle exports to Vietnam looks set to continue this year, thanks to favourable currency conditions, the depletion of the Vietnamese herd by exports to neighbouring China, and increasing demand for fresh quality beef from Vietnamese...

Bird flu concerns remain a roadblock to passing overseas health controls

Bangladesh poultry producers aim to create major export sales

By A Z M Anas, in Dhaka

Industry leaders, researchers and scientists wound up a three-day international poultry show and seminar in Dhaka on Saturday (21 February), vowing to improve food safety to help create a substantial Bangladesh processed chicken export sector by 2018.

The market has benefited from cheaper feed costs

Pig prices fall in China

By Eleanor Mackay

Increased supply and government initiatives to stabilise the pork market in China have seen pig prices fall 7% in a year.

Buffalo meat supplies have stopped after an indefinite strike was called by butchers and traders

Mumbai region buffalo meat strike launched over police harassment

By Raghavendra Verma, in New Delhi

Buffalo meat supplies in the Indian state of Maharashtra, which includes Mumbai, have stopped after an indefinite strike was called by butchers and traders to protest against the alleged harassment by Hindu religious groups.

Dunbia keen to secure business in China

By Georgi Gyton

Northern Irish meat giant Dunbia has China marked as a priority market for its exports as it looks to grow its international business.

Live exports are expected to drop back significantly this year

Australian cattle industry expecting tight supply ahead

By Georgi Gyton

Two years of record cattle turn-off and live exports are likely to bring significant contraction in the market this year, according to Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) 2015 cattle industry projections, published yesterday (27 January).

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