http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. Romanian meat-processing company Doly-Com is expecting a turnover of €34 million on a level with the 2012 figure, despite the fall-out from the horse meat scandal. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170413/romania___meat_industry_being_blamed_for_horse_meat_scandal_.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Romania's poultry meat exports in 2012 were in excess of €250 million, while imports stood at €200 million, so that, for the first time, the country ran a positive trade balance in this sector, according to the country's Minister of Agriculture. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110413/romania___poultry_exports_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Romania should have a good, if not great, agricultural year in 2013, according to the first official predictions, which is expected to translate into cereal production of between 18 and 19 million tons. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260313/romania___farming_gets_a_turn_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT A desolate abattoir in a remote corner of Romania was last night revealed as one of the main sources of the horse meat in our supermarkets. The slaughterhouse dominates the tiny village of Roma, in the north east of the country, and makes no secret of the hundreds, if not thousands, of horses it butchers each year. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170213/romania___inside_a_quotstate_of_the_artquot_abattoir.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT The outbreak was reported by Dr Niculae Lazar, General Sanitary Veterinary Directorate, National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (NSVFSA) in Bucharest, Romania. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/221012/romania___newcastle_disease_.aspx oie.com Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT “Recently, several important projects have been discussed which would increase the country’s attractiveness, and we believe that should continue in the future,” Sorin Mandrutescu, AmCham president, told The Diplomat – Bucharest about local US investment. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260712/romania___massive_us_pork_investment_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT The economic crisis has had a negative impact on all sectors of the Romanian economy, but US investors continue to invest locally and are optimistic about the future. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250712/romania___smithfield_foods_pork_investment_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Romanian poultry producer Transavia has recently opened a new chicken breeding farm at Cristuru Secuiesc, in Harghita county, where it has 36 production sheds. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250612/romania___poultry_production_.aspx 5mpublishing Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Romanian poultry producer Transavia has recently opened a new chicken breeding farm at Cristuru Secuiesc, in Harghita county, where it has 36 production sheds. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210612/romania___increase_in_poultry_production_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Smithfield Foods is rebooting its Romanian pork plant as it begins exporting from that country to the rest of Europe, after the lifting of a 6-year ban on pig products from the country. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010512/romania___new_meat_plant_for_smithfield_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT "After a seven year ban on pork meat exports, the European Commission has decided to resume Romanian producers’ sales in the EU starting 1 January 2011 http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/291211/romania___pork_for_the_eu_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Last week it was announced that the European Union countries will be getting pork from Romania, as the country has been cleared to start exports of the meat as of 1 January 2012, via a ‘channelled’ pork system. In light of this, Romanian cold meats producer CarmOlimp has stated that it expects pork meat exports in the EU to account for 9% of its 2012 turnover. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/271211/romania___pork_for_the_eu.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT After a tough 2010 which brought lower sale prices, higher input costs and no more subsidies, local poultry producers are hoping to wing it on a flat market this year, with growth not expected until 2012. Grigore Horoi, president of Agricola Bacau, told Business Review about the group's export strategy and €7 million investment budget for 2011. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300911/romania___good_performance_by_poultry_giant_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT European Commission experts will make a new evaluation in Romania, most probably in September to check some technical aspects needed to obtain the agreement to resume exports of meat and meat products in the EU market, the president of ANSVSA, Radu Roatis told Agerpres. “In the last mission of EU experts in July, we agreed that a series of technical aspects should be reviewed in a new evaluation mission most likely in September. This mission supposes checking measures for risk analysis, considering that we are at the border with third countries where swine plague is in evolution,” Roatis said. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150911/romania___talking_pork_exports.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT According to Business Monitor International (BMI), a recovery of the Romanian economy is underway and the worst of the government's IMF-backed austerity package is over. Still, the effects of two years of recession continue to weigh on consumer confidence. It sees growing confidence among investors, particularly in the dairy industry, which is seeing expansion in preparation for expected continuous rising demand. There are also positive signs in other sectors, with a ban on Romanian pork exports looking likely to be lifted soon. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270711/romania___meat_and_dairy_production.aspx 5mpublishing Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT The local subsidiary of American Smithfield Foods has registered a USD 9.2 million profit in fiscal 2011, 74 percent less against the previous year. The results were mainly generated by the loss of governmental incentives, Smithfield Romania receiving USD 32.2 million less funds from the Romanian state in fiscal 2011. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120711/romania___pork_giant_profits_down_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Romania’s wheat exports diminished to 53 kmt in January, after having gradually decreased from 682 kmt in August. The lowering in the wheat exports occurred concomitantly with an upward trend of the prices, which hit EUR 217 per ton (FOB) in January up from EUR 145 in August, after the immediately harvesting, when the volume of exports hit record high. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190511/romania___wheat_exports_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT The potential for the expansion of the pig farms is still high and the lifting of the bank for exports toward EU countries open new doors, Saptamana Financiara weekly concluded in a brief market profile. The number of pigs slaughtered in Romania specialised units reached 2.9mn tonnes last year, 75% up from 1.6mn tonnes in 2006. The domestic output of pork increased even more by some 90% from 2006 to 234,000 tonnes in 2010 and covered some 50% of the domestic market. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080411/romania___pig_farming_epanding_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an immediate notification yesterday, 9 March. According to the report, the outbreak occurred in 20 isolated geese which were the property of Babes–Bolyai University and were brought as sentinel birds to Cot Candura location in August 2010 for avian influenza research. This location is isolated, it is surrounded by lakes Fortuna, Balcanestii Mari, Papadia, Rotelciuc and water channel Sontea Noua and Veche. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270311/romania___avian_flu.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Chicken trade balance in sight for Romania http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140211/romania___the_poultry_trade_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Romania takes second place with bumper grain crop http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/111210/romania___the_grain_harvest.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Fewer frozen cuts taken from Denmark, Germany and - mainly - the Netherlands and Brazil have left Romania with much lower frozen chicken imports this year compared to last. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/101110/romania___poultry_imports_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT The EU's fourth biggest grain exporter, Romania, is expected to make almost €800 million from wheat and maize exports this year, up sharply year-on-year due to higher grain prices, a report by local news agency Mediafax reveals. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/301010/romania___grain_exports_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT In Romania, a second poultry farms is suspected to be positive for the avian influenza virus H5N1. It concerns a small farm, close to a poultry farm where H5N1 was detected 2 weeks ago. Samples of dead chickens have been sent to a reference laboratory for further investigation. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080410/romania___bird_flu_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT A suspected bird flu outbreak has been reported in a remote Romanian village, the Sanitary and Veterinary Authority said on 27 March. Terra Daily reports that samples of two dead hens were sent for confirmation of the potentially deadly H5N1 virus to the Animal Health Institute in Bucharest and on to the Weybridge laboratory in Britain, the Authority said. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060410/romania___bird_flu.aspx oie.com Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Smithfield Romania, a subsidiary of the US pork giant, is counting on a moderate growth for 2010, the German agricultural magazine Top Agrar reports.Bogdan Mihail, Smithfield Romania's general manager, told the Bucarest information service zr.ro that investments are currently being reconsidered. “In principle,” opportunities on the Romanian meat market are not bad, Mihail added, referring to the large meat shortage of domestic production. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050410/romania___smithfield_foods_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Smithfield Romania, a subsidiary of the US pork giant, is counting on a moderate growth for 2010, the German agricultural magazine Top Agrar reports.Bogdan Mihail, Smithfield Romania's general manager, told the Bucarest information service zr.ro that investments are currently being reconsidered. “In principle,” opportunities on the Romanian meat market are not bad, Mihail added, referring to the large meat shortage of domestic production. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010410/romania___smithfield_pork_interests_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Romania may resume exports of pork meat and finished products to Europe, beginning with July, unless the European specialists, who are currently checking for the existence of outbreaks of swine flu in Romania, present unfavourable reports, Secretary of State with the Ministry of Agriculture Adrian Radulescu on Thursday stated. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050410/romania___pork_for_european_union.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Smithfield Romania, a subsidiary of the US pork giant, is counting on a moderate growth for 2010, the German agricultural magazine Top Agrar reports. Bogdan Mihail, Smithfield Romania's general manager, told the Bucarest information service zr.ro that investments are currently being reconsidered. 'In principle', opportunities on the Romanian meat market are not bad, Mihail added, referring to the large meat shortage of domestic production. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300310/romania___smithfield_foods_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Romania may resume exports of pork meat and finished products to Europe, beginning with July, unless the European specialists, who are currently checking for the existence of outbreaks of swine flu in Romania, present unfavourable reports, Secretary of State with the Ministry of Agriculture Adrian Radulescu on Thursday stated. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290310/romania____pork_for_european_union_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Bogdan Mihail, Smithfield Romania's general manager, told the Bucarest information service zr.ro that investments are currently being reconsidered. “In principle,” opportunities on the Romanian meat market are not bad, Mihail added, referring to the large meat shortage of domestic production. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290310/romania___pig_production_and_smithfield_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Smithfield Romania, a subsidiary of the US pork giant, is counting on a moderate growth for 2010, the German agricultural magazine Top Agrar reports. Bogdan Mihail, Smithfield Romania's general manager, told the Bucarest information service zr.ro that investments are currently being reconsidered. 'In principle', opportunities on the Romanian meat market are not bad, Mihail added, referring to the large meat shortage of domestic production. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260310/romania___smithfield_foods.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The first outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in the European Union for a year has been identified in a backyard poultry farm in Romania, the European Commission said Tuesday http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250310/romania___bird_flu_.aspx oie.com Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The minister of agriculture of Republic of Moldova Valeriu Cosarciuc announced plans to help Romanian investors put their money into local investment projects, particularly in processing plants (for milk and meat processing). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220310/romania___foreign_farm_investment_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Romanian food industry association Romalimenta Federation believes the proposed junk food tax will boost the black market and stimulate fiscal fraud, and in the worst case could harm food safety http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080310/romania___junk_food_tax.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Romanian food industry association Romalimenta Federation believes the proposed junk food tax will boost the black market and stimulate fiscal fraud, and in the worst case could harm food safety http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040310/romania___black_market_food_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Over twenty years ago, Romania was a proud pig producer having large-scale pig operations throughout the country. Nowadays, the industry has shrunk considerably. The country, however, is on its way to becoming a leading pig nation once more, albeit a road full of challenges http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050210/romania___meat_exports__on_the_way_to_becoming_big_again.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT An average increase has been registered in consumer prices of 5.6 percent, in the latest 12 months http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170110/romania___increase_in_food_demand_and_prices_.aspx Google news Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Recession-hit Romania plans to introduce a tax on fast-food products to boost budget revenues http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080110/romania___new_sales_tax_on_fast_food.aspx reuters Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Carrefour opened a new store in Grand Center Ploiesti, according to local media reports. The new Carrefour Market is the second company’s supermarket in Prahova county and has a total area of 1215 square meters, with 905 sq.m. of sales area. Its product range http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/111209/romania___carrefour_expand_retail_operations.aspx foodbizdaily.com Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT JSR Genetics, the UK’s leading pig genetic specialists, has made another major advance into the key Eastern European market. Agro Expert of Cluj Napoca, Romania has been signed to distribute JSR’s superior genetics to pig producers throughout the country. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/191109/romania___breahthrough_for_js_genetics.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT French retail group Auchan has opened its 7th hypermarket in Romania, local media reports. The new hypermarket is located in the city of Timisoara and will be the largest store in the western part of the country. The store has 10,500 sq m sales area, 60 cash registers and a range of over 50,000 products in all categories. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/181109/romania___french_retail_giant_opens_hypermarkets.aspx foodbizdaily.com Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT In Romania, the meat processing company Smithfield Prod, a division of the US group Smithfield http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/101109/romania___smithfield_expand_operations.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Romania will resume exports of pork products processed in the country to EU member states next year, acting Prime Minister Emil Boc said today (Fri). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/091109/romania___pork_exports_to_eu.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT After months of protests, the European Commission decided to grant a 280 million euro aid for the milk sector. ACT Media reports that in Romania, there is much discontent but farmers dare not going on a strike stopping milk deliveries as happened in other states. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/291009/romania___milk_crisis_for_farmers.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Ioan Popa, aged 52, is founder and majority shareholder of Romania's largest poultry processor, Transavia. He says he has never had partners and business advisors and says he has never http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/291009/romania___poultry_giant_continues_growing.aspx 5mpublishing Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Romanian poultry industry player Avicola Calarasi has chosen Petersime for the complete refurbishment of its broiler hatchery in Calarasi The upgraded facility will be equipped with state-of-the-art AirStreamer™ incubators featuring Synchro-Hatch™, Petersime’s http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/201009/romania___expanding_the_poultry_industry.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Sorin Minea, president of the enterprise Angst Romania SR, even speaks of a 'general chaos'. He fears Romania is on the road to become a market for inferior products against bottom prices. The reason behind his fear is related to the black market, taking up revenue shares of more than 50%, supported by small neighbourhood shops http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/141009/romania___meat_trade_in_chaos.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT When communism crumbled two decades ago, Eastern Europeans were only too delighted to discover the fast-food chains that symbolized the West. But today they increasingly long for organic food. "The general trend http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170909/romania___organic_food_takes_off.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Cargill is expanding its animal nutrition footprint in Romania through a major investment in its feed plant in Sura Mica near the town of Sibiu, including the construction of a complete-feed production line within the current premix facility. The project also comprises an upgrade to the existing mixing system, the installation of a pelleting line, and the addition of a warehouse to store http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160909/romania___cargill_expand_feed_plant.aspx allaboutfeed.com Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT