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Cultured meat – forecasting inventions
Adam Gregory from Mewburn Ellis offers his expert forecast for the types of patent claims we may begin to see as cultured meat innovators devise solutions to current technical challenges.
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Scottish dairy farmers urged to take part in disease study
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) originally put out the call for dairy farmers to get involved in the Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) study in February 2020, but the study is now set to resume following a hiatus during lockdown.
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The meat industry: what’s the beef?
Nick Allen, CEO of BMPA, highlights a big challenge within the meat industry and asks: Who’s really paying the price for low cost mince?
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Is the future cultivated meat?
Bethan Grylls speaks to stem cell scientist, Dr Elliot Swartz, about the process of lab‑grown meat and why he believes we should embrace this technology.
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BMPA provides evidence that UK red meat shelf life can be safely extended
UK regulation currently states that red meat should have a shelf life of no longer than 10 days, but a BMPA study has provided evidence which reportedly proves it is safe to extend this.
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Tesco calls for deforestation-free food in UK after Greenpeace call out
Greenpeace urged the supermarket giant to stop buying meat from companies involved in Amazon deforestation, and Tesco has now called on Government to make deforestation-free food a policy.
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GEA explores potential of insect protein for animal feed
As a more environmentally friendly alternative to existing production processes for food supplies for animals, GEA has been working with an Australian start-up to explore the potential of sustainable protein for animal feed.
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New method extracts antibiotic residue in food from animal sources
The method, developed by University of Cordoba researchers, could reportedly be used in food quality control laboratories to clean samples in a single step.
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Nando’s commits to improve chicken welfare standards across supply chain
The peri-peri chicken restaurant chain has committed to push its suppliers to improve welfare and slaughter standards, as well as to reduce its carbon footprint across its UK and Ireland supply chains.
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Livestock expansion increases risk of pandemics, study warns
The study set out to trace global patterns of livestock expansion, biodiversity and infectious diseases in order to determine their possible links.
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“Ground-breaking” bovine TB vaccine field trials given the go ahead
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) cattle vaccination trials are set to take place in England and Wales, with the potential to prevent 40,000 cattle from being slaughtered each year, better support farming communities and reduce the need for such rigorous food safety checks.
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Mitigation of greenhouse gases in dairy cattle through genetic selection
A study has set targets to reduce methane production by dairy cattle by 20 percent in 10 years through selective breeding.
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FSA launches consultation on revised wild game guidance
The consultation has been launched about revised guidance for hunters and retailers on the safe handling, preparation and supply of wild game and wild game meat.
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USDA provides update on investigation following beef plant closures
USDA has released a report on its ongoing investigation to examine the economic impacts of the 2019 Tyson beef plant fire and as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.
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KFC project to create “world’s first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets”
The chicken nuggets will reportedly be as close as possible in both taste and appearance to the original KFC product, while being more environmentally friendly to produce than ordinary meat.
