The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) is the leading trade association in the meat and meat products industry.
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BMPA has won Best Trade Association for the third time at the @MeatManagement industry awards.
Thanks to our incredible team for all your hard work in supporting our members and representing the British meat industry. 🎉🍾🥳
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Greater transparency on livestock antibiotic use is increasingly important for trade and customer confidence. BMPA backs a new industry roadmap but calls for a joined-up, UK-wide approach to reporting.
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New connections, new export opportunities. BMPA CEO John Powell has been championing British meat processors on the Government's India trade mission, helping put our industry's interests firmly on the Government agenda.
BMPA CEO John Powell joined UK ministers in India this week to champion our industry's interests, unlock export opportunities and tackle trade barriers as the new UK–India agreement takes effect.
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Meat exporters must already meet EU rules. Scrapping a future SPS agreement as the Tories have suggested would simply restore unnecessary bureaucracy and undermine competitiveness.
BMPA's John Powell explains why this matters.
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Can AI and automation transform meat processing?
The potential is huge, but labour shortages, regulatory burdens and uncertainty are holding back investment.
BMPA CEO John Powell shares his perspective in a new FoodBev feature.
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Investing in the next generation of meat industry leaders.
The Worshipful Company of Butchers launches a new programme offering under-40s mentoring, industry visits and networking.
Applications are open, with an early sign-up offer.
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Applications are now open for the Worshipful Company of Butchers four-year training programme aimed at aimed at providing a “structured development journey” for young professionals in the meat industry.
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Is food security finally moving up the Government agenda? With fresh warnings and new policy developments, we examine what the growing focus on resilience means for UK livestock farming and meat processing.
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Who's really driving the use of nitrites in bacon? BMPA's John Powell joined BBC Radio 4's You and Yours to explain how curing recipes are determined and the progress processors have made in reducing nitrite use.
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UK meat processing is vital to food security, British farming and the wider economy. A new report from Cranswick makes the case for a long-term Government strategy that gives businesses confidence to invest.
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How much do we really know about livestock's impact on nutrition and the environment? Scientists behind the Dublin Declaration launch a new weekly publication challenging assumptions and exploring the evidence.
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How can food and drink businesses build resilience in the 'squeezed middle'? Join industry leaders in London on 22 October for a frank discussion of shared challenges. BMPA members qualify for a special discount.
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Red Tractor has opened a six-week consultation on proposed changes to its Beef & Lamb and Dairy standards.
Processors can review the proposals and have their say before the consultation closes on 3 November.
Details on the BMPA Members Portal.
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Bluetongue is adding further pressure to an already shrinking UK livestock base, with potential implications for next year’s lamb crop and livestock availability.
For processors, that adds to concerns over long-term abattoir viability and food security.
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Food security isn’t just about being able to buy food on world markets. It also depends on maintaining the domestic infrastructure needed to produce it.
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BMPA CEO John Powell recently joined AHDB and other UK representatives at the International Meat Secretariat’s World Pork Conference in Qingdao, China.
We look at what the changing market means for UK pork processors & why China remains so important.
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John Powell will represent BMPA a major Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum conference in November, joining the debate on food security, supply-chain resilience and the future of England’s food system.
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Could biochar give abattoir biogas a boost?
New research suggests that adding a very small amount of biochar to abattoir wastewater could help the anaerobic digestion process work faster and increase methane output by around 30%.
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We saw a great example of farmer–processor collaboration. Woodheads is opening its doors for QMS ‘Meat the Market’ workshops, helping farmers see first-hand how livestock specifications, grading and carcase quality translate through the processing chain.
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The European Commission has confirmed that cattle hides and skins have been removed from the scope of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), lifting what would have been a significant practical burden for meat processors.
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