Levy rates for the livestock sector are set to remain the same for the forthcoming year, according to the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board.

Pork butcher Dicksons is to launch its range of sausages into Tesco this month.

Down to the final five days before National Butchers' Week and butchers continue their preparations for a week of promotion.

A new series from the BBC will pitch couples against one another in a reality TV farm contest.

Holmesterne Foods came away celebrating after picking up the overall winner and two categories wins at the Bpex Foodservice Pork Product of the Year awards.

With just six days until National Butchers' Week, butchers across the UK will be dusting down the bunting and polishing up the patter for a week of fun-filled activity.

Job roles including factory managers, production staff and marketing are the main skill gaps for the food sector, according to a survey from a top recruiter.

Reports of a VAT being applied to food have been denied by a leading ally to Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Mosques in Birmingham have called for consumers and processors to be made more of aware of machine slaughtering used in halal meat production.

Vegans are to be given the same protection against discrimination as religious groups, according to reports.

Animal rights activists in Switzerland have failed in a bid to have animals represented by lawyers in a nationwide referendum over the weekend.

Just seven days to go until National Butchers’ Week, and butchers up and down the country are gearing up to make the most of the week.

A Cumbrian butcher has triumphed in a Scottish competition to seek out the perfect banger to promote National Butchers’ Week.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said it is looking for a ‘flexible approach’ when it comes to front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling in a new paper publishe on Friday.

Food Standards Agency (FSA) chief executive Tim Smith backed calls that CCTV should be installed in UK abattoirs, in a recent interview with a national newspaper.

A television company is looking for a butcher and their family to take part in a new series on the BBC, which will examine how shops have changed over the years.

Supermarket group Tesco has been heavily criticised for suggesting that consumers eat vegetables to reduce their carbon footprint.

A Welsh pie producer is set to honour some “British greats” with a special pie award, during British Pie Week (1-7 March).

Cancer bosses have dismissed a report by the US meat industry, which it claimed cast doubt on links between meat and cancer, as “more spin than science”.

The important role that Welsh Lamb plays in the Welsh economy has been highlighted by new figures, Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales’ (HCC) has revealed.

Multi-industry union Unite and supermarket giant Asda are launching a joint initiative to end “discrimination and unfair treatment” at Asda’s meat and poultry suppliers.

The manager of a Staffordshire butcher’s has been jailed after admitting stealing takings from the shop.

The English pig herd grew by 4% last year, taking breeding herd numbers to 438,000.

Mellors Farm Butchers was crowned overall champion in the West Midlands in the 2009/10 Bpex challenge.

Consumer publication Which? has given the Food Standards Agency (FSA) an overall positive review to celebrate the Agency’s 10th anniversary.

Climate change continues to dominate the headlines and will be the main topic of conversation at the annual Outlook Conference in London in April.

A Birmingham chef has beaten off competition from across the UK to be declared the Chef of the Year after a gruelling challenge which even tested competitors’ butchery skills.

Highland Game is hoping for healthy sales with the news another supermarket has signed up to offer its new diet-friendly sausage.