QMS

  • Demand for beef decreases, and takes price down with it

    DATA FROM Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has revealed that cattle prices have fallen for six weeks in a row, at the same rate as the number of cattle slaughtered has dropped across the UK.            …

  • Livestock’s valuable sustainability role highlighted

    A CLEAR message that livestock production in Scotland deserves recognition for its valuable sustainability role, has come from Jim McLaren, Chairman of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), at the Royal Highland Show.                  …

  • Ban on Union Flag meat label ‘not true’

    THE EUROPEAN Commission has issued a correction statement following in accurate reports of an EU plan to ban the Union Flag from British meat products.   A number of UK national newspapers reported that the EU would ban use of the widely…

  • Perthshire sheep farmer inspires chefs of the future

    A SCOTTISH sheep farming family is helping UK chefs improve their understanding of the production of lamb.                   The Ritchie family who farm Montalt, an upland farm at Path of Condie, Perthshire…

  • Making the most of beef

    EVER HEARD of featherblade?                           It’s a forequarter cut of beef traditionally used for braising. How about a D-rump? That’s a large cut from the top of the leg…