The Parliament of Catalonia approves a resolution in favor of the meat sector

The Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Parliament of Catalonia, in the session of June 30, 2020, has approved a resolution presented by the Parliamentary Group Socialistes i Units per Avançar, and the amendments presented by the Grup Parlamentari Republicà and the Parliamentary Group of Junts per Catalunya, a resolution in favor of the meat sector.

Consumo announces the implementation of Nutriscore in the first four months of 2021

The Ministry of Consumption on which the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) depends organically has announced that the Nutriscore nutritional front labeling system will enter into force in the first four months of 2021. Spain thus joins France, which has already implemented this system, and Belgium and Germany, which have announced to the European Commission their desire to implement it. This frontal labeling system is voluntary for companies that decide to establish it, in the absence of European regulations deciding on its mandatory nature.

June 23, lamb day. Ten tips for a perfect lamb barbecue and a few tricks

On June 23 the sector celebrates the day of the lamb. What traditionally was a day to gather and celebrate San Juan, today will again be a day of celebration and reunion in a country that, after three months of seclusion, needs to gather to celebrate. And nothing better than to do it around a barbecue with lamb meat at home with family and friends.

The fairs are back in the food sector. Registration opens for Meat Attraction

Meat Attraction 2021 has opened its registration period to participate in the next edition to be held from February 2 to 4. Organized by IFEMA and ANICE, the “Appointment with the best meats in the world” will pay a great tribute to all professionals in the meat industry on this occasion (#Proud of Our Sector). Anafric has participated in the different editions of the fair with a grouped stand. In this fourth edition, it will also. For more information about participation in Meat Attraction together with Anafric, [email protected]

Anafric claims the Government the immediate return of the advanced VAT by the meat exporting companies due to the lack of liquidity due to the inactivity of the HORECA sector

The meat sector as a whole is experiencing moments of extreme difficulty due to the COVID crisis 19. With the exception of a few large companies, most of the meat industry in Spain is made up of small and medium-sized companies that have completely lost their sales in the channel HORECA and proximity sales. They do not have money, but they have to face social security payments, taxes, rents and payments to suppliers, especially to farmers. There is a crisis in the sector that will be very difficult to overcome.

Interovic Campaign: Compartiendo Soledad (Sharing Solitude)

Interovic has started a campaign that we think is worthwhile. The campaign has as its motto “Compartiendo Soledad”. It is that if in the cities many people, in their confinement, feel alone, the group of shepherds can get in touch and speak….

Where does the polluting CO2 come from?

At Anafric we echo a news story published in the Diario de León. Contrary to the theory that made the field responsible for excess C02 emissions, caused by climate change, the new data support that livestock management is not to blame for this burden. Recent records show that ranching is not the primary cause of climate change. Data from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge indicate that livestock meat productions represent only 7% of the total GHG emissions in our country. The livestock production, meat processing and marketing sectors have continued to carry out their activities since the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep the population adequately supplied with safe and quality food.

The livestock and meat sectors contribute 42,000 million euros and 700,000 jobs to the economy

The meat industry sector is made up of a fabric of some 2,800 companies with slaughter, cutting and production of processed products, with a very important base of small and medium family-owned companies, while large business groups have also consolidated, some of them leaders at European level. Last year the meat industry raised its turnover by 2.5% to 26,882 million euros, which consolidates it as the most important sector within the food and beverage industry, which represents 22.6% of all the Spanish food sector. Spanish meat production, an international benchmark.

Livestock, an essential service. The UECBV appreciates the professionalism of the Food Heroes

Long queues at supermarkets and food shops. Half-empty shelves. Only a few products in refrigerators. When re-stocked, the items in much demand at our supermarkets are regularly seen to be the now infamous toilet paper, followed by essential foods such as meat, milk, eggs, bread, canned goods and pasta.Such scenes have been witnessed in several shops across Europe, and indeed the world. And many EU citizens born after the mid-1950s are not used to such experiences. But luckily – thanks to the many Food Heroes working against the clock throughout the entire food supply chain – food security should be the least of our worries in Europe in the face of this COVID-19 pandemic.

They denounce the situation of the Cordovan feedlots due to the lack of demand from the slaughterhouses

The agrarian organization Asaja Córdoba has issued a statement with which it wants to point out the “dramatic” situations that are occurring in the feeding centers of the province of Córdoba, especially in the livestock farms in the regions of Los Pedroches, Guadiato and Sierra de Córdoba before the impossibility of leaving animals to slaughterhouses, due to the closure of certain markets that absorbed these livestock productions, mainly from the Horeca channel (hotels, restaurants and catering), and for export. According to the agrarian organization, this type of livestock is the base for many ranchers in the north of the province.