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brazillian beef
Food
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Kobe beef sells for $11 a kilo online

Some online stores are selling what they claim to be Kobe beef, the premium Japanese variety that usually costs VND6-15 million (US$242-605) per kilogram for a mere VND280,000 ($11). Le Thu, a seller in Hanoi, said she had imported two shipments of the meat…

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Food
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Indian beef imports half local price

Beef and buffalo meat imported from India are being sold for VND60,000-100,000 (US$2.47-4) per kilogram on some online marketplaces in Vietnam, half the price of local beef. According to data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam imports…

beef
Food
2 min read

Australian beef production on the rise amid global decline

Despite a global trend of production decline, beef production in the southern hemisphere – including Australia – is on the rise, reports Rabobank in the Global Quarterly Beef Q4 2023. However, increases in Australia and Brazil have yet to offset the…

Snackinar beef strips
Food
1 min read

Snackinar beef strips offer natural snacking alternative to jerky

As more consumers seek healthier options, Snackinar, a new brand in the Australian beef industry, has launched a range of ready-to-eat meat snacks called Beef Strips. An alternative to beef jerky, the ready-to-eat meat snacks use only natural seasonings like…

brazillian beef
Food
2 min read

Beef prices rise as global supply gets ‘very tight’

Beef prices are reaching record levels in some international markets with localized disruptions – including droughts and increased consumer demand in some countries – exerting a “dramatic impact” on global trade, according to Rabobank. In its Q2 Beef…

brazillian beef
Food
2 min read

Vietnam to work on cheaper premium Japanese beef

Vietnamese businesses are racing to raise upmarket Japanese cattle at home to produce cheaper Wagyu beef. Beef from cattle raised in Vietnam is 2-4 times cheaper than imported ones. Two years ago, Huy Long An Limited Company in the southern province of Long…

brazillian beef
Food
1 min read

Vietnam can import beef from Brazil again, says Deputy PM

Vietnam will consider importing beef from Brazil again if food safety conditions are ensured, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has said. At the recent Vietnam-Brazil Trade and Investment Forum attended by around 100 enterprises in Sao Paulo, Brazil, he…

Passion Delivery
Food
1 min read

Passion Delivery doubles offering in two months

Within two months, the number of suppliers and products trading through new Thailand online marketplace Passion Delivery has doubled. Directly connecting customers with local producers and importers of artisanal food and drink products, cookware and healthy…

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Food
1 min read

Brazil beef imports halted, citing food safety concerns

1.9 million pounds (861,825 kilograms) of Brazilian beef products were refused entry to the U.S. The United States announced Thursday a halt to all imports of fresh beef from Brazil, the world’s second-largest producer, citing “recurring” food safety…

Hong Kong Beef
Food
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Entrepreneur is trying to cure Hong Kong’s meat addiction

David Yeung believes that meat is the new tobacco. But the long-time vegetarian and practicing Buddhist won’t try to get you to stop eating meat. He just wants you to consider eating less. That’s what he’s trying to do with the citizens of Hong Kong, who…

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Food
2 min read

Koreans consume more foreign beef over expensive local hanwoo

South Koreans consumed more American and other foreign beef than expensive local beef last year, a move that has lowered the country’s self-sufficiency rate for beef to below 40 percent over 13 years, a state-run think tank said Thursday. Last year, South…