Importers Rewarded for Championing the Scottish Red Meat Industry

Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has recognized two importers for their longstanding loyalty and commitment to the Scottish red meat industry.

Good Meat, a Scotch Beef PGI and Scotch Lamb PGI importer from Belgium and France-based Scottish beef importer Neo Viandes, received the awards from QMS Chief Executive Alan Clarke and QMS Chair Kate Rowell during a reception on the QMS stand in SIAL Paris, one of the world’s most influential food fairs.

Belgium-based Good Meat are a family business who have been buying Scotch Beef PGI and Scotch Lamb PGI from Kepak-McIntosh Donald since the late 1980s.

The company is a food wholesaler selling over 700 products to premium retailers, delicatessens and many of Belgium’s top chefs.

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QMS Chief Executive, Alan Clarke, said: “Many congratulations to both Good Meat and Neo Viandes who are firm supporters of the Scottish red meat industry.

“It is vital that we continue to build on the already strong market presence in Belgium and France, and of course across Europe, to ensure that retailers and consumers are aware of the quality and provenance which underpins Scotch Beef PGI, Scotch Lamb PGI and the Scottish red meat industry as a whole.”