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Meat production ranks first in the entire national food and beverage industry with 22.6% of the entire food sector

  • 27 October, 2020
Spanish meat production ranks first in the entire national food and beverage industry with 22.6% of the entire Spanish food sector. This turnover represents 2.24% of the total Spanish GDP, 15.6% of the GDP of the industrial branch and 4.2% of the total turnover of the Spanish industry. Spanish meat production is also an international benchmark for its export capacity.
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COSTA FOOD MEAT obtains the certification of its protocols against COVID-19 with AENOR

  • 25 September, 2020
Costa Food Meat, empresa que forma part de l'holding carni Costa Food Group, ha rebut la certificació dels seus protocols enfront de la COVID-19 d'AENOR, acreditant l'adequada implantació i l'efectivitat de les mesures que aplica l'empresa. Així mateix, Costa Food Meat recolza el seu compliment amb les directrius marcades pel Ministeri de Sanitat en matèria de prevenció i higiene sobre la COVID-19.
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Meat Attraction confirms the dates of celebration and the project of development of the fair

  • 20 July, 2020
Meat Attraction 2021, International Meat Industry Fair, has held the first online meeting of its Organizing Committee that confirmed the dates of the fair, from February 2 to 4, 2021, with a message of unity and commitment of the sector to Meat Attraction and the endorsement of all the work developed by IFEMA to implement all the necessary protocols for health, safety and access, and to celebrate its fairs with the required levels of security and control for exhibitors, visitors and staff. You have more information on this link.
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Campaign in UK for countering negative information on red meat

  • 9 July, 2020
Institutions as AHDB, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) - Meat Promotion Wales, has carried out a series of activities in the past 12 months to help counter disinformation in the media about the role of red meat in the diet, providing scientific evidence-based information to consumers about the important health benefits of beef, lamb and pork.
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10% of sheep production could not be commercialized, according to Interovic

  • 29 May, 2020
In a news story published in the Revista Cárnica, Tomás Rodríguez, director of INTEROVIC, highlighted that nearly 1 million lambs have not been commercialized, a figure that represents 10% of production. during March and May, a period that coincides with the declaration of the state of alarm and with one of the most hectic moments of suckling pig consumption, around Semana Santa.
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Castilla-La Mancha offers 6 million euros to sheep and goat farmers in animal welfare

  • 21 May, 2020
The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development of Castilla - La Mancha, Francisco Martínez Arroyo, has presented a series of grants for farmers and ranchers that extend those previously granted. Martínez Arroyo stressed that the lines of organic, grazing, beekeeping or indigenous breeds, as well as those of animal welfare and mountain areas, "are important aid because they are intended for those who most need the role of public administration" and is done, "Guaranteeing continuity and giving certainty, and with the consensus of all agrarian organizations and cooperatives".
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The sheep sector from Castilla y León shows its strength despite the crisis

  • 20 May, 2020
Representatives of twelve cooperatives in the sheep sector, which market almost 80% of milk production, have participated in a videoconference organized by Urcacyl. Two months have passed since the State of Alarm was declared. All the cooperatives in the sheep sector in Castilla y León, belonging to Urcacyl, have not stopped their activity. Its workers continue to shoulder their shoulders day by day to continue serving their livestock partners, (collecting their products and providing supplies, food and technical advice) for the benefit of farms, consumers and their environment.
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Planas: the agri-food chain will be key in the economic recovery after Covid-19

  • 11 May, 2020
The minister returned to value the central role of the entire agrifood chain, as one of the fundamental pillars in this crisis, ensuring food supply, mentioning today the constitution of the Commission for the Social and Economic Reconstruction of Spain after Covid-19 in the Lower House, he stressed that agri-food is reaffirmed as a key sector in this recovery.
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Aid for the private storage of beef, goat and sheep meat is now available

  • 9 May, 2020
In response to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the paralysis of the productive sectors, as a result of the declaration of the state of alarm that has forced the confinement of the population and which has resulted in a decrease in the demand for certain products for beef, sheep and goat meat, the Commission has published Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/595 of 30 April 2020 granting aid for the private storage of beef, sheep and goat and fixing the amount of aid in advance. To guarantee a harmonized application, it is necessary to set minimum criteria so that the actions of the paying agencies, in the exercise of their powers, are carried out in a coordinated manner. These criteria have been agreed between the FEGA (Spanish Agrarian Guarantee Fund) and the different autonomous communities.
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