Biocontrol of Bacterial Pathogens on Meat
Biocontrol is the use of one species, or a product derived from it, to control another according to a paper from J. Andrew Hudson, Craig Billington, Lynn McIntyre, Teresa Bigwood, Aruni Premaratne and Stephanie Brandtfrom the New Zealand Food Safety ...

EU's Measures for Safe Meat Production
The European Union has a comprehensive system of legislation to assure the safe production of meat, writes TheMeatSite senior editor Chris Harris.

Five Year Plan for Chinese Meat Industry
The 12th five year plan for the Chinese meat sector is set to change the industry into a modern, streamlined, safe and efficient machine, ready to take its part in the 21st century global market, writes TheMeatSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Turkey Product Quality and Marketing at Conference
Three papers presented at this year's Turkey Science and Production Conference in Macclesfield tackled difficult issues in turkey meat marketing and product quality. Editor, Jackie Linden, selects the highlights for TheMeatSite.

Meat Quality Issues Discussed at Kansas Conference
Needle-free jet injection systems may increase the occurrence of injection site abscesses in pork carcasses that will need to be trimmed in pork processing plants, according to one paper presented at Kansas Swine Day 2009, and another revealed that glycerol...

Global Challenge of Food Security
Food security is one of the key global challenges today, writes, TheMeatSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Improving Outlook for UK Pork Industry
While UK sales of fresh and frozen pork followed a fairly stable trend last year with a slight dip in the middle of the year, sales of processed pork rose in the middle of the year, writes TheMeatSite senior editor Chris Harris.

UK Can Expect Cattle Numbers to Remain Tight
The last year saw a slight decline in slaughtering numbers for prime cattle - steers, heifers and young bulls - writes TheMeatSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

International Trade Considerations For US Beef
Livestock Marketing Information Centre (LMIC) Director, Jim Robb, offered a “big picture” view of the status of the US beef export market during the opening session of the 21st annual Range Beef Cow Symposium in Casper, Wyoming.

Productivity Improvements - The Betagro Way
Mr Vanus Taepaisitphongse, CEO of the Betagro group, a major force in the Thai livestock and food industries, speaking at the 2009 Asian Livestock Feed and Meat Industry Conference gave a fascinating insight into the benefits to Betagro of detailed analyses...

AgriLive: The Red Meat Debate
Climate change dominated a debate led by a panel of red meat industry experts at AgriLive in the UK, as issues such as declining livestock numbers, cheaper imports and profitability were pushed aside, reports TheMeatSite junior editor, Charlotte John...

Improving Carbon Footprint of Pig Meat Production
There are many different drivers that affect meat production ranging from government policies through to oil and commodity prices and food security as well as consumer demands, writes TheMeatSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Food Safety in Pork Production and Processing
Pork production has safety implications for both producers and consumers, Dr Brian Evans, the executive vice president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency told the recent World Pork Conference in Qingdao China. By TheMeatSite Senior Editor...

Meat Spoilage - Methods for Controlling and Assessing Spoilage
From the scientific point of view, meat spoilage can be considered as an ecological phenomenon that includes the changes of the available nutrients, during the prevailing of a particular microbial association, the so called Specific Spoilage Organisms...

Chinese Industry Needs to Modernise and Industrialise
Pig meat production in China, the world's largest meat producer, is growing and in particular the country is seeing a growth in branded products, writes TheMeatSite Senior Editor Chris Harris.