The Department of Health has gazetted a massive 238 page document for public comment, which will aim to make wide-sweeping changes to the way food items are labelled on store shelves in South Africa. The proposed changes – called the Regulations Relating to the...

While Super Bowl LVII is poised to be a historic game, Americans watching the matchup are expected to eat their way to a new record. Experts estimate that 1.45 billion chicken wings will be consumed during Super Bowl weekend. This is the highest projection on record,...

Faced with the recent confirmation of cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (IAAP – H5N1 virus) in wild birds in Argentina and Uruguay, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Fávaro, reinforced this Wednesday (15) that Brazil remains free of such...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Uruguay’s government on Wednesday confirmed its first case of bird flu and another case is being investigated in Argentina, according to local authorities. “This is not a surprise, it was expected,” said Fernando Mattos, head of the ministry of...

China registered a population decline in 2022 for the first time in 60 years. According to data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, the nation was home to 1,412 billion people in 2022, which was 850 000 fewer than in 2021. Shrinking populations could...

According to a World Bank report, meat consumption is still increasing in several middle-income nations, including China and East Asia. Meat intake per capita is high in the UK and other high-income countries, although it is beginning to fall. The report also explains...

Incredible how a country at war achieved this! The Ukraine sold 413,000 tonnes to foreign customers The key sales markets for Ukrainian poultry farmers were the Netherlands (29.6%), Saudi Arabia (25.8%) and Slovakia (7.6%). South Africa only managed 15305mt (bone-in)...

Farmers in South Africa have reached a breaking point, says Roelie van Reenen, supply chain executive at Beefmaster Group, with many crippled by collapsed or collapsing infrastructure, and hammered by continuous load shedding.   Meat producer sounds the alarm on food...

UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS — Rabobank’s Global Pork Quarterly report for the first quarter of 2023 warned of volatile pork demand as a consequence of the global recession. Although pork, as a less expensive protein, will likely not be as affected by the slowing economy as...

In this piece, we will take a look at the 15 countries that export the most beef in the world. For more countries, head on over to 5 Countries that Export the Most Beef in the World. Beef is one of the most widely eaten meat in the world. It is typically defined as...

With cultivated meat start-ups having received substantial funding and the cost of production declining by 99% in the past decade, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) argues that Brexit provides the opportunity for the UK to diverge from the EU’s approach and...

n West Africa, new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been reported on farms in Niger and Nigeria. Two different virus variants have been linked to the latest outbreaks in South African poultry. From South Africa comes recent official...