International beef prices were mixed this week. Week-on-week prices remained relatively stable for US topside (down 0.5%); rump (up 0.7%) and chuck (remained the same).

US prices were mixed this week across the different cuts of beef with the beef carcass equivalent dropping by 1.9% week-on-week.

Listeria in processed meat products from South Africa, E. Coli in romaine lettuce in the US, Salmonella in eggs across Europe and Campylobacter in chicken liver pâté in Australia.

South-east Asia is battling to contain the spread of highly contagious African swine fever, known as “pig Ebola”, which has already led to the culling of millions of pigs in China and Vietnam.

The global turkey meat market revenue amounted to $544M in 2017, dropping by -11.8% against the previous year.

China’s pig cull could benefit KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) beef and chicken farmers as pork prices soar and China hoovers up available pork products resulting in shortages of breakfast staples such as bacon and pork sausages.