UK: FEAR OVER SMALL ABATTOIRS
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Small abattoirs could be destroyed unless the UK government provides the Meat Hygiene Service with a higher subsidy, according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture's Meat Inspection Charges Taskforce. The taskforce will demand that additional funding of GB[pound] 19mn be provided to adhere to stringent slaughtering standards imposed by the European Union (EU). The situation could put the prospering organic meat market in the UK at risk, since organic butchers obtain supplies from a large number of small abattoirs. The organic meat market was valued in 1998-1999 at GB[pound] 10.6mn but the cost to smaller businesses of recruiting vets and meat inspectors could hamper its growth. Animals have to be reared in line with the tough standards in order for them to be classed as organic.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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FALKLANDS: ALL-ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL EXPORTER
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The Falkland Islands is the first food exporter able to guarantee that all its agricultural products are farmed using organic methods. The remote location of the British Dependent Territory in the South Atlantic means pesticides are unnecessary. Certified organic meat products will be exported by the end of 2000 after a European Union approved abattoir is constructed. Farmers do not use antibiotics as feed additives or hormone implants to promote growth. The animals don't graze on genetically modified plants.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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Judges reinforce beef on bone ban
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Five days after the beef on the bone ban became law in the UK in December 1997, Mr Jim Sutherland was the first person to be prosecuted for serving such meat to 180 diners at his Scottish Borders hotel. Although a sheriff ruled in April 1998 that the regulations were "defective," an appeal by the Crown against that verdict has been upheld and the regulation will continue to be enforced.
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UK: Appeal by Crown vs ruling on beef on bone ban as defective, has been upheld & regulation will continue to be enforced
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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