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LOCAL BUTCHERS SAY NEIGH TO HORSE MEAT
The scandal of horse meat being passed off as beef in processed foods has been hard to miss in recent weeks but while it has been bad news for national suppliers and retailers, local butchers have seen an upsurge in customers. One butcher, who is based is Pylle in Somerset, for example, has seen trade increase by 10 per cent since the start of the horse meat scandal, with freshly made beef burger sales up 30 per cent. Jon Thorner’s is not alone in seeing an increase in business as sales figures from all members of the Q Guild, a membership organisation of the UK’s 110 best independent butchers, show consumers are heading back to the high street.
Brindon Addy, Chairman of the Q Guild said: “Since the horse meat scandal hit the news I think consumers have become aware that there isn’t transparency in purchasing meat, in particular, burgers, from their supermarket. This isn’t the case with Q Guild butchers, who can show the provenance of all the products they sell. We pride ourselves on being able to deliver from farm to plate and knowing each step of that process.”
CELEBRATE TEN YEARS WITH VEGFESTUK
However, industry analyst Sue Clarke at Ovum comments: “Traceability in the food industry has been in force in Europe since 2005,” and this means that companies have to have systems in place to trace components back to previous stages in the manufacturing process as well as forwards to the next manufacturers in the supply chain. “This has resulted in much quicker, simpler, and cheaper product recalls, as well as allowing the source of contamination to be traced quickly, says Sue Clarke. Without these systems in place the situation would have been much worse.
HAPPY FOODIE
BIRTHDAY EXETER The Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink is celebrating its 10th birthday on 26, 27, 28 April with over hundred of the South West’s best artisan food producers and 30 top chef demonstrations. Master classes and workshops for adults and children will take place over the three day event, along with live music, food-to-go stalls, local cider and ale on sale during evening events. Further information and tickets are available online at
www.exeterfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk. and a full preview will be included in the next issue of FOODLOVER.
The world’s biggest vegie food event, VegfestUK Bristol, will celebrate its tenth birthday in style with a three-day festival in central Bristol on 24, 25, 26 May. The 2013 show looks even bigger than before, with a feast of different cuisine from across the globe, along with 125 stalls crammed with goodies including food and merchandise. The festival promises information in abundance about the benefits of a plant based lifestyle, along with recipes, nutritional information, cookery demos, talks, a cinema and a host of entertainment including comedy hours, live music and performance. The original Happy Mondays headline the
Saturday night’s entertainment. More stars are promised, along with an extended kids area, a 2 day series of kids’ cookery classes and workshops, arts and crafts area, a chill out space for mums and babies and a 3rd sound system in place. It's not only vegetarians that fuel the numbers that visit VegfestUK Bristol every year (25,000 are expected to attend to this year’s event) but a rise of ‘meat reducers’ that is making the biggest difference to numbers, say the organisers. “More and more people are looking to reduce their meat and dairy consumption without actually going veggie,” says organiser Tim Barford, “and VegfestUK events are perfect for people like this. You don't necessarily have to go veggie to enjoy the benefits of the plant based lifestyle - just reduce your meat and dairy intake and choose more plant based options.”
Admission is £2 before £5pm. Admission to
the evening events is by advance ticket only.
www.bristol.vegfest.co.uk has all the details.
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