Marinade and vacuum packing do not replace a controlled cold chain
A study published on 12 November examined chicken breast marinated with olive oil, rosemary and wild thyme, combined with three formats: open trays, overwrapped trays and vacuum pouches. Samples were stored at 0, 4 or 8 °C, while oxidation, texture, colour, weight loss and microbiology were measured. The question is directly relevant to chilled marinated products: what is actually delivered by the interaction of recipe, packaging and temperature?
Pineapple peel becomes a feed option only with a full quality profile
A study published on 12 November investigated pineapple peel meal as a dietary supplement for female Sasso broilers. The 56-day trial involved 240 birds assigned to a basal antibiotic-free diet, a diet with oxytetracycline, or diets containing 1.5% or 3% peel meal. The researchers assessed growth, digestibility, intestinal morphology, caecal microbiology, carcass characteristics and meat-quality parameters.
Automation pays only when it solves a defined processing constraint
The seventh Branchenecho survey by dfv’s meat media and RSM Ebner Stolz portrays a German sector that does not expect a rapid volume-led recovery. The annual online survey covered the 100 highest-turnover companies in Germany’s meat and sausage industry. According to the 12 November release, their prevailing response is a combination of cost discipline, automation and partnerships.
High lamb prices conceal a changing supply structure
The sheep market in Occitanie shows why a high quotation should not be mistaken for a comfortable supply situation. France’s regional agricultural authority reported on 12 November that total sheep slaughter volume rose 1.9% in the first nine months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025. Lamb slaughter was stable, while cull-sheep slaughter rose by 11.4%.
A lower bird-flu risk level does not reduce traceability duties
France lowered its national highly pathogenic avian influenza risk level to “moderate” on 5 November 2026. The Agriculture Ministry’s update of 12 November lists six outbreaks in the season that began in early August: three in commercial holdings in Maine-et-Loire and three in backyard or captive birds in Gironde, Seine-Maritime and Landes. The lower risk classification does not remove permanent biosecurity obligations.
