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Tory MPs tell Liz Truss to beef up post-Brexit plans to safeguard British farmers from US imports

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Food panel ‘must have teeth’: Tory MPs tell Liz Truss to beef up post-Brexit plans to safeguard British farmers from sub-standard US food imports Tory MPs say a panel to advise on post-Brexit trade deals must have real teeth  The ‘trade and agriculture’ commission was announced by Liz Truss last week The Mail on Sunday … Read more

Beef farmer fears a US trade deal would result in having to sell her cow herd

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‘It’s a kick in the teeth’: Beef farmer fears a US trade deal would result in having to sell her cow herd Gotherington Hill Farm supplies some of the UK’ best meat with its herd of contented beef cattle It could disappear if low-quality, low-welfare imports are allowed to undercut their work As well as … Read more

Costco limits the number of beef, poultry and pork products customers can buy

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Costco said on Monday it had limited the number of beef, pork and poultry products customers can buy. Grocery stores are preparing for massive shortages of meat supplies following coronavirus induced supply disruptions.  Some of the biggest slaughterhouses in the United States have closed over the last few weeks as COVID-19 spread widely through meat … Read more

Earliest East Enders feasted on goat, beef, lamb and dairy products 5,600 years ago

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Neolithic ‘dirty dishes’ dug up in Shoreditch were used by London’s earliest East Enders who feasted on goat, beef, lamb and dairy products 5,600 years ago. Researchers used a groundbreaking new carbon dating technique to analyse traces of foods from pottery dug up on Shoreditch High Street, in the east of London. Scientists say that the Neolithic … Read more

British beef returns to American supermarkets and restaurants for the first time in 24 years

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British beef returns to American supermarkets and restaurants for the first time in 24 years as officials lift ban imposed in mad cow disease crisis British farmers can export their beef to America after US lifts 1996 UK beef ban Decision to drop the ban followed three-week visit to British farms and abattoirs British firms firms … Read more

Mail on Sunday reviews new breed of vegan burgers, created in a lab to taste like real beef

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Few things in life are as simple – or as pleasurable to eat – as a burger. That first bite, the rich, meaty and slightly charred flavours, mixed with smooth, salty cheese, the sharpness of onion and the tang of veg and sauce. If this sounds vaguely obsessive, it’s because I’ve not eaten one since … Read more

Want to beef up your returns? It pays to invest like a woman! 

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Today is International Women’s Day, a day where the achievements of women around the world are celebrated. It is also an occasion to look into why women don’t invest as much as men.  Almost a third more men hold investment-based Isas than women, while women in their 60s have pension pots that are on average … Read more