Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers represents red meat industry views and interests of its member companies, working closely with partner organisations.
Joined January 2022
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Our new research, in collaboration with @EdinburghUni, reveals Scotland's potential to meet Climate Change Committee targets for meat consumption reduction through dietary shifts in line with existing Eatwell Guide advice. Learn more: bit.ly/3v7165y
ALT Modelling the impact of reduction in meat and dairy on micronutrient intakes in Scotland. Our research reveals that Scotland could make significant progress towards climate targets for reduction in meat consumption by following dietary advice in the Eatwell Guide.
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Red meat offers an affordable, versatile and delicious meal that provides a natural source of protein and micronutrients, which are all essential for health, immunity, growth & development🥩🧬
#COP28 #EatRedMeat #Nutrition
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Should we consider a Spanish-type system where Meat Inspectors receive special training, which is a subset of full veterinary training, so they can deliver the appropriate level of expertise in the meat supply setting?
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This will be bad news for food price inflation.
The cost to bring in much needed overseas workers for our food factories, where UK workers can't be recruited, will go up. Costs will be passed on to shoppers. @DefraGovUK @ukhomeoffice
Read more 👇
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Quality Meat Scotland and @TheAHDB have written to Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs Committee asking for the MSPs' help to challenge claims that livestock numbers should be slashed to meet emissions targets. You can read the full letter here: qmscotland.co.uk/letter-rura…
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If you're a livestock farmer, we'd love you to fill in a survey about your practical experiences as part of a new project looking at factors impacting on ear tag loss and retention in cattle and sheep. Find out about the project and a link to the survey at bit.ly/3MyvxWX
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Food chain regulator established in Ireland to increase transparency
thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news…
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We'll soon call for noms/apps for our next Growing Tomorrow's Leaders development programme.
Here's a wee clip from Stephen Hibbard of @LeaderFactory who facilitate it for us on who should take part youtube.com/watch?v=LfC8Ltxb…
Find out more/register interest: saos.coop/events-and.../grow…
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This summer, keep your eyes peeled for QMS's ‘Make it InCREDible’ campaign! The new 30-second advert will be live on TV from 1st to 30th June on STV, Borders, STV Player and ITV Player, and is set to reach 82.6% of people in Scotland. Stay tuned for more details coming soon ☀️📺
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Despite fully complying with Chinese customs requirements, UK meat plants are still waiting for their export licenses to be reinstated.
@CommonsEFRA committee has asked @theresecoffey to intervene before Chinese businesses seek suppliers from elsewhere.
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Read Nick Allen's comments on the difficulty of finding meat plant workers, and the reasons that the pragmatic immigration policy advocated by @MPGeorgeEustice is needed to safeguard one of the UK's strategically important industries.
👉bit.ly/3W9Htmp @ukhomeoffice
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Nick Allen represented the UK meat industry at the Downing Street Food Summit.
He said: "This was a good opportunity to bring together people from industry and government to tackle the issues facing the UK food supply chain"
Let's have more engagement.
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We are backing our farmers and growers.
#FarmToForkSummit kicks off at
@10DowningStreet today.
Read more: gov.uk/government/news/gover…
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Nick Allen calls on Govt to produce a clear food policy and plan for trade on Farming Today
Rishi has Sunak pledged "to chair a new UK-wide annual food security summit at 10 Downing Street...in partnership with the NFU and stakeholders from across the UK."
bbc.in/432yhTb
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NFU members | The trade agreements that the UK concluded with Australia and New Zealand in 2022 will come into force on 31 May 2023.
Read about our completed consultation and find out more 👉ow.ly/SKPk50OpXh5
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Coming up in June are all 3 of the North Cluster summer open meetings!
Please register here 👇
🌱Banff and Buchan
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🌱Strathspey
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🌱Deeside
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Looking forward to seeing you all there!
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This Friday, book your tickets to join Trevor Cook at Fearn Farm as he shares best practices for developing sustainability in sheep and beef farming systems. You won't want to miss it!🐑 Register via the link below!
@monitorfarms
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Emily Miles, the chief executive of the Food Standards Agency has responded to allegations that a UK food manufacturer has been passing off large quantities of foreign pork as British.
#meatindustry meatmanagement.com/chief-exe…
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An investigation by Farmers Weekly has revealed that allegedly, a UK food manufacturer has been passing off large quantities of foreign pork as British – sometimes in excess of tens of thousands of tonnes a week.
#meatindustry meatmanagement.com/food-frau…
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Until 8 April, you can hear our new Spring advert on @bauermedia radio stations across Scotland – reaching over 40% of the population. We're encouraging listeners to ‘dial up the delish’ this Easter with Scotch red meat & look out for Scotch logos in store. Have you heard the ad?
