Content related to the topic: processors

16 July 2025

Quality Standard Mark (QSM) scheme to close

QSM scheme to close in March 2022

17 March 2026

Muck Free Truck

Help raise awareness of the importance of clean vehicles – spread the word, not the disease.

17 March 2025

eFoodchain map

This interactive map provides details of slaughterhouses and the species they process for England and Wales.

16 August 2019

Are lorry washing facilities up to scratch?

Haulier questionnaire: We would like to get a feel for the standard of lorry washing facilities at markets and abattoirs across England.

22 July 2019

New study provides insight into Brexit impacts for beef and lamb sectors

New report reveals the full extent of Brexit’s potential implications for British beef and lamb supply chains

22 March 2022

UK pig facts and figures – 2019

All the latest facts and figures from the UK pig industry. From pig numbers to costs of production to imports, exports and consumption.

31 October 2025

Meat purchasing guide

Explore our online specification and coding system for more than 700 beef, pork, veal, lamb and mutton products

9 April 2020

QSM News and features

Features, articles and industry news about the meat trade

14 October 2024

Ergot alkaloids can move from infected to ‘clean’ grain

Ergot mycotoxins can move before and after harvest.

27 February 2019

Volunteers main cause of elevated erucic acid levels in OSR

Levels of erucic acid in double-low oilseed rape crops can become elevated due to contamination from volunteers (via seeds or cross-pollination)

4 December 2018

Treated imports could change shoppers' minds on meat

Our new research shows allowing imports of products like chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-treated beef in a post-Brexit trade deal could negatively impact the UK meat industry

14 December 2023

Important step towards measuring, managing and monitoring beef and lamb’s environmental credentials

New joint project important step towards sustainability framework for British beef and lamb