Purchasing decisions, nutrition and expectations of meat products: consumer perception, labelling, advice and substantiated product claims.
Food safety for prepared meat products starts before a lunchbox is opened. A University of Minnesota contribution published on 10 September highlights temperature during transport and storage as the main risk for lunches …
Protein demand is becoming a visible purchase criterion for red meat as well, but it is not automatically a licence for any claim or product concept. On 11 September, the UK’s AHDB reported that 57% of UK shoppers follow a …
A new analysis by *Fleisch & Co* draws attention to a gap between culinary identity and raw-material origin in Austrian foodservice. According to the cited sector data, only around one in five veal schnitzels eaten away from home …
Chile is reinforcing controls under its Meat Law ahead of the Fiestas Patrias holiday period, when meat consumption rises sharply. The Ministry of Agriculture reports that the Agricultural and Livestock Service, SAG, had completed …
France’s official RappelConso platform published a voluntary recall on 7 September for a Charolais minced-beef preparation containing 12% fat. The product was sold in France through Leclerc between 4 and 7 September and was …
The UK Food Standards Agency has again put raw pet food at the centre of household hygiene. In its annual science update, published on 3 September, the agency reports that 29% of samples tested did not meet statutory hygiene …
A newly published Canadian public-health report reviews a 2018 outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 linked to pork products in Alberta. Epidemiological, laboratory and food-safety evidence identified pork from one meat facility as …
Pork from systems in which pigs are born outdoors is gaining weight in British retail. On 1 September, AHDB reported that purchased volume of outdoor-bred products rose 4% year on year. For its analysis, the organisation broadened …
An update from the UK Health Security Agency shows that the safety of apparently secondary ingredients can determine the risk profile of a meat dish. British authorities are continuing to investigate several Salmonella Enteritidis …
A US recall of raw pet food again highlights a sensitive point in animal-protein chains: microbiological risks do not end with meat intended for human consumption. Northwest Naturals voluntarily recalled two lots of frozen raw …
The U.S. beef market shows that consumer prices cannot be explained by tight supply alone. An analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City states that demand for many beef products has continued to rise despite seven …
Open visits to Veau d’Aveyron et du Ségala farms show that provenance communication becomes more convincing when it explains concrete practices. A recent visit to a farm in Sébrazac presented a suckler-calf system under the Label …
In October 2018, Ronny Paulusch spoke with stern.de about how to recognise good meat and whether quality inevitably requires a large household budget. The central argument remains relevant: conscious meat consumption starts not …