Update

BBC Feature: “The Price of Meat”

Industry
January 23, 2026

Coming up this Sunday 25 January at 1:30pm on Radio 4 is a Farming Today programme entitled “The Price of Meat”

High meat prices have led to a boom in meat smuggling. Charlotte Smith investigates the routes that illegal meat takes into the UK and the risks to public health and the economy.

The British Meat Processors Association represents the majority of companies working in the British meat industry.

We are the UKs largest trade body for the meat industry and provide expert advice on trade issues, bespoke technical advice and access to government policy makers

We are proud to count businesses of all sizes and specialties as members. They range from small, family run abattoirs serving local customers to the largest meat processing companies responsible for supplying some of our best-loved brands to shops and supermarkets.

We are further strengthened by our associate Members who work in industries that support and supply our meat processing companies.

We are the voice of the British meat industry.

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