MARKET REPORT: Cranswick bulks up as families eat more meat

Shares in Cranswick rose yesterday after the meat producer revealed the lockdown had bulked up its sales. The company, which owns farms and supplies pork and chicken to UK grocers, is emerging as one of the business winners from the coronavirus pandemic. It said sales were turbo-charged by the ‘shift towards greater in-home consumption’ during … Read more

North Koreans ordered to hand over pet dogs to be killed for meat as country hit by food shortages 

North Koreans are ordered to hand over ‘decadent and bourgeois’ pet dogs so they can be killed and ‘provided to restaurants for meat’ as the country is rocked by food shortages Dictator Kim Jong-un announced in July that owning a pet is now against the law Authorities are identifying homes with dogs in Pyongyang and … Read more

Simon Cowell has ‘ditched his strict vegan diet and is treating himself to meat and chocolate again’

Despite Simon Cowell being banned from all dangerous hobbies by girlfriend Lauren Silverman after breaking his back in a freak accident on an electric bike, he’s been allowed to eat meat and dairy again. Simon, 60, went vegan after a health scare in 2017, consequently losing four stone in the process; but his latest dilemma has seen … Read more

New Zealand records 13 coronavirus cases overnight as cluster at meat storage facility grows

New Zealand has recorded 13 new COVID-19 cases overnight sparking fears the country will be locked down until October. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield on Friday said two of the new cases are in Tokoroa – 200km away from the outbreak in Auckland. The Tokoroa cases are linked to a member of the Auckland … Read more

New ‘use by’ dates on meat sold in supermarkets to provide shoppers 11 days to eat more beef

‘Use by’ dates on meat to be extended to give supermarket shoppers 11 extra days to eat beef as food bosses get set to extend expiry dates before Christmas Shelf life of beef, lamb and pork has been reviewed by Food Standards Agency Chilled beef, including cuts with plastic wrappings, given ten-day use-by labels But … Read more

Coronavirus outbreak spread to 929 meat plant workers in five weeks

Meat plants in the US and abroad have been especially hard-hit by coronavirus – and an outbreak at one South Dakota facility spread like wildfire to more than 900 workers in just five weeks, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report reveals.  Dozens of meat and poultry processing plants across the US have … Read more

Poor people eat more meat than the middle-classes who have a diet filled with more fruit and veg

Wether you eat a vegan or meat heavy diet and your socioeconomic status can be determined simply by looking at proteins in your hair, a new study found. A study led by a team at the University of Utah examined proteins in discarded hair found in rubbish bins from barbershops and salons across 20 US … Read more

Melbourne shuts Kmart, Myer, Target, Bunnings and meat shortages expected in lockdown

Melbourne will suffer a shock shutdown of most shops and services for six weeks, with thousands of jobs to be lost. Panic buyers lining up at supermarkets for meat and fish could actually be right as new restrictions mean production will be slashed by a third. Melbourne is gripped by Stage 4 lockdown with an … Read more

Joel McHale promotes Texas meat seasonings company while shopping at farmers market in Los Angeles

Joel McHale promotes Texas meat seasonings company while shopping at farmers market in Los Angeles By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com Published: 01:49 BST, 13 July 2020 | Updated: 01:49 BST, 13 July 2020 Joel McHale promoted a meat seasonings company while shopping Sunday at a farmers market in Los Angeles. The 48-year-old actor wore a … Read more

Nearly nine in 10 meat and poultry workers infected with coronavirus were minorities, CDC finds

REVEALED: 87% of meat and poultry plant workers who were infected with coronavirus were minorities, CDC report finds More than 16,000 meat and poultry processing facility workers have tested positive for coronavirus Of the nearly 10,000 workers for whom racial and ethnic information were reported, 87% were minorities Five times as many Hispanic employees were … Read more