Groups urge organisation to rethink following judgment which branded the Food Standards Agency's (FSA) main and enforcement rate as unlawful
FG reader Richard Bruce, from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, responds to Dr Dolly van Tulleken's Farming Matters column on the closure of small-scale abattoirs and farms
Judge backs AIMS and BMPA over enforcement rates and lack of transparency
Food and public health campaigner Dr Dolly van Tulleken on how abattoir loss is driving out small-scale meat production, and the resulting impact on food quality, biodiversity, animal welfare, supply chains and local economies
The Food Standards Agency said it is investigating all slaughter activity conducted at Hartshead Meats in Mossley, Greater Manchester, following the publication of undercover footage on YouTube
Meat industry says loss of support would cause four out of five businesses to close their doors
This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: David Lindars, technical operations director at the British Meat Processors Association
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers said increases in charges for official controls at meat plants could leave already struggling abattoirs paying between £50,000 to £100,000 more this year alone
The cooperative will lease the site out to site to Scottish meat processors Millers of Speyside
Body to consider proposals for a more targeted system of support, focused on smaller abattoirs