Members
Trading Members
Trading members import and export beef, lamb, pork and poultrymeat. Members trade meat all around the world.
For more information on the role of a meat trader, see our briefing note.
Associate Members
IMTA’s associate members are companies from sectors linked very closely with the meat trade such as freight forwarders who specialise in the refrigerated cargo sector and cold storage providers.
| Name | Activities | Imports | Exports |
|---|---|---|---|
| A F Blakemore Fresh Foods Ltd | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | ||
| AFFCO Europe Ltd | Beef Sheepmeat | ||
| ANZCO Foods UK Ltd | Beef Lamb | ||
| Accrington Beef Company (Easyfare has merged to this) | Poultry Meat | ||
| Ace4Kebabs Ltd | Beef Lamb | ||
| Action Meats Ltd | Importer of fresh and frozen meat (meat wholesale). | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | |
| Alliance Group (NZ) Ltd | Beef Lamb | Lamb | |
| BFoods (U.K.) Limited | Poultry Meat | Poultry Meat | |
| BM Foods Limited | Beef Pork Poultry Meat | ||
| Belwood Foods Ltd | Poultry | ||
| Best Foods Ltd. | Best Foods are a privately owned business which was formed in 2002, who specialise in developing, producing and importing meat based products for retail, B2B and the Foodservice sector. Our products range from chilled retail packed chicken, through to bulk packed chicken, IQF fillets and portions as well as the full range of chopped and shaped and whole muscle coated chicken. We also develop Ready to cook meals which are meat based with sauces, vegetables and carbohydrates if required. We also offer beef, pork as well as goose, turkey and other poultry products in various formats. | Poultry Meat | |
| Browns Food Group | Beef Poultry Pork | ||
| Carneco Investments Ltd | Established in 1994 'Carneco' Foods is an independently owned import and distribution food supply company. "Carneco" concentrates on the supply of product to the Ethnic wholesale, cash and carry and other similar food outlets. Our experience is your guarantee of a high quality service in the supply of all types of chilled and frozen meats and other chilled and frozen products together with the added benefit of a reliable and up to date market report on prices and availability. Our comprehensive selection of beef, pork and chicken products and other chilled and frozen foods are sourced from all over Europe and the UK. We are also distributor of chilled and frozen Lutosa chips. | Beef Pork Poultry Meat | |
| Charlotte Holdings Limited | Import/Export Poultry and Meat. | ||
| Circle Foods Ltd | Circle Foods source and supply food across all 6 continents worldwide. Our experienced multinational team has developed an extensive network of top-quality suppliers from all corners of the world, allowing us to source and deliver the most competitively priced protein in any given month of the year. We are fully committed to providing the highest levels of service to both our suppliers and customers, being the trusted link from field to market. | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat |
| Creative Foods | Beef Poultry Meat | Beef Poultry Meat | |
| Crown Foods Ltd | Poultry Meat | ||
| DB Foods Ltd | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | Lamb | |
| Dawn Meats Global UC | Beef Lamb | Beef Lamb | |
| Fairfax Meadow Europe Ltd | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | ||
| Famiglia Castagnetta | Beef Lamb Poultry Meat | Pork | |
| Ferdinand Zandbergen BV | Ferdinand Zandbergen B.V. is an internationally operating business that specialises in the supply of meat and poultry all over the world. We can supply high-quality products from stock at competitive rates. We provide comprehensive, full service, offering our customers a one-stop solution. Whether this concerns imports from outside the EU, collecting imported containers of poultry from the port, customs clearance procedures, collecting meat straight from the abattoirs with our own fleet, or processing, freezing and storing meats in our modern facilities, we can manage the entire process. Long-standing relationships with our suppliers enable us to provide a consistent high quality. Flexibility is key as is our focus on customer requirements. In bringing together supply and demand we do not limit ourselves to Europe alone, we are also very active in other continents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWIgxmY7oF0 | Pork Poultry Meat | |
| Food Trac Ltd | Poultry Meat | ||
| Food-Bridge Ltd | Poultry | ||
| Forrester (Sales) Ltd | Poultry | ||
| GPS Food Group (UK) Ltd | Beef Sheepmeat Poultry Pork | Beef Sheepmeat Poultry Pork 5th Qtr/Offals | |
| GVFI Europe BV | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | ||
| George Abrahams Ltd | Beef Sheepmeat | Beef Sheepmeat | |
| H. Smith Food Group plc | Pork Poultry Meat | Lamb | |
| Hilton Food Solutions Ltd | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | |
| JBS Global (UK) Ltd | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | ||
| Jack's Creek UK Limited | Jack's Creek UK Limited is a United Kingdom based importer of Australian Beef. Jack's Creek UK Limited is a UK Subsidiary of Australian Parent Company - Warmoll Foods Pty Ltd (T/A Jack's Creek). | Beef | |
| James Burden Ltd | Beef Poultry Pork Lamb | ||
| Jan Zandbergen UK Ltd | At Jan Zandbergen, we keep a close eye on an ever-changing market. By innovating sustainably, we develop added value for clients throughout the market of meat- and plant-based products. By including our sister companies Diviande and Future Food Group, Jan Zandbergen has turned into a group that has its number one priority on delivering innovative, tailor-made solutions that address your every need. Our years of experience, our multilingual team and our expertise allow us to come up with solid, long-term solutions. We cater to the retail, foodservice and industry markets. We offer a broad range of quality meats and poultry from the world’s best regions to plant-based and organic meat alternatives. We offer this either under our successful brands like The Meatlovers, Roosterz&Co and PLNT, as under private label. Production, packaging and distribution: we take care of it all. This way, we managed to become more relevant than ever in a market that never stops changing. With us, it’s innovation that matters. | Beef Sheepmeat Poultry Pork Game Venison Lamb | Pork |
| Kühne & Heitz UK Limited | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | |
| Lakeside Food Group Ltd | Pork Poultry Meat | Poultry Meat | |
| Lamex Foods Ltd | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | |
| Luiten Food Ltd | Luiten Food Ltd is a subsidiary of Luiten Food B.V. Company activities include production, import, export, distribution and further processing. | Beef Poultry Game Exotic Meats Lamb | Beef Poultry Game Exotic Meats Lamb |
| MHP Food UK Limited | Poultry Meat | ||
| MPO Global Trade UK Limited | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | |
| Meadow vale Foods Limited | Poultry Meat | Poultry Meat | |
| Meat Corporation of Namibia (UK) Ltd | Beef | ||
| Monarch Foods International | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | |
| Moy Park | Poultry Meat | Poultry Meat | |
| Norwest Foods International Ltd | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | |
| Oakfield Foods Ltd | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | |
| Ovation New Zealand (UK) | Lamb | Lamb | |
| Pacific Food Trading | Import and distribution of high quality chilled and frozen beef, lamb, mutton and poultry. We can offer both Halal and non-Halal chilled and frozen beef with BRC certification. We import from Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Australia and Northern Ireland as well as from within Ireland and other EU countries. We also import frozen lamb and mutton cuts from New Zealand and Australia and across the product ranges on both fresh and frozen poultry from the UK and the EU. | ||
| QK Meats Ltd | Beef Poultry Pork Lamb | Beef Poultry Pork Lamb | |
| Reids of Norwich Ltd | Beef Pork Poultry Meat | Poultry Meat | |
| Rellman Foods UK Ltd | Import and export of High Quality Beef. We offer Angus Beef. Halal and Bio certification also available. We import from Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Australia, Ireland and United States. | Beef Pork Lamb | |
| Silver Fern Farms (UK) Ltd | Beef Lamb | ||
| Sino International Trading LTD | Pork Poultry Meat | ||
| Smithfield Foods Ltd | Broker of ambient, chilled and frozen European meat and poultry preparations and products. Arranging third party services, importation, export, storage, transport and further processing (tempering) and repacking. | ||
| Stara Foods | |||
| Sun Valley Foods Limited | Importing poultry products into the UK and NL, mainly from Thailand, Brazil, & Europe. Exporting poultry products from UK to Europe. Manufacturing poultry products in the UK. | Poultry Meat | Poultry Meat |
| Towers Thompson Ltd | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | ||
| Town and Country Meats | Meat import and wholesale | Beef Sheepmeat Poultry Pork | |
| Trans Oceanic Meat Co Ltd | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | |
| Two Counties Foods Ltd | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | ||
| Tyson Foods | Importer and distributor of poultry meat and poultry meat products | Poultry Meat | Poultry Meat |
| Tyson International, Inc. Europe | Beef Pork | Beef Pork | |
| Vestey Foods UK Ltd | Beef Pork Poultry Meat | Beef Pork Poultry Meat | |
| Vine Meats | Poultry Meat | ||
| W W Giles (Smithfield) Ltd | Beef Sheepmeat | ||
| Weddel Swift Ltd | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat |
| Name | Activities | Imports | Exports |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ally Global Forwarding Limited | Ally Global Forwarding provides customer driven, end-to-end supply chain solutions that help streamline your business. Through a wealth of industry expertise and carrier relationships we provide best-in-class customer service. Core services include; Customs and compliance, transportation, supply chain services, including but not limited to: • Customs clearance • Ocean FCL/LCL • Temperature Controlled • Multimodal. At Ally Global, we understand the unique requirements of each industry and the importance of tailored and holistic solutions that cut costs. And with our global partners, we apply local market knowledge for the best supply chain solutions, no matter how complex. | ||
| Armour Transport Limited | Armour Transport Limited is a container transport specialist with over 40 years’ experience in the industry. Located in Essex, we are ideally situated to access the busiest commercial ports of London Gateway and Tilbury. We offer reliable container transport services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our ever-expanding fleet of vehicles and trailers allows us to support our customers with maximum flexibility catering all container sizes (20FT 40FT 45FT). We also offer drop and swap services and in transit temperature control on request. | ||
| Bannerman Rendell Limited | Insurance Brokers | ||
| Computask Ltd | We provide Business IT Support and Consultancy. We supply solutions for Microsoft 365 services, Network and WiFi, CCTV and Thermal access control and can provide hosted cloud solutions. | ||
| DP World Ltd (Southampton) | DP World Ltd – supporting Britain's growth by connecting the country with markets beyond the EU by sea, rail and road (two Container Terminals located at Southampton & London Gateway). | ||
| Edge Worldwide Logistics Limited | Specialists in temperature controlled deep sea shipping, Air freight and European Logistics | Beef Poultry Pork Lamb | Beef Poultry Pork Lamb |
| Eville & Jones (Commercial Services) Ltd | International specialists in Official Controls, veterinary certification and trade facilitation. | ||
| Kuehne + Nagel Ltd | The Kuehne + Nagel Group is one of the world’s leading logistics companies. | ||
| Maersk Logistics & Services | Providing end to end integrated cold chain solutions, including Customs, shipping, trucking, cold storage and much more. | ||
| Maritime Cargo Services | Maritime Cargo Services the forwarder of choice for many companies who import meat into the UK. | ||
| Norish Limited | Third party multi temperature warehousing and logistics business, specialising in the handling and storage of imported and exported meat and protein products in 6 sites across the country, all of which are bonded facilities with blast freezing also available at 4 sites. | ||
| Perishable Movements Limited | PML is a freight handling agent we operate from our 64,000 sq ft temperature controlled facility at LHR, we can offer temperature regimes ranging from ambient to chilled and deep frozen, the facility is BRC accredited for storage and distribution, we are able to offer export solution via air and sea along with a full import solutions also for sea and air, along with full UK deliver coverage, PML is also AEO accredited. | ||
| Premier Freight Services Limited | Formed in 1973 and offering a continuous first class offering to the Meat & Food Trades ever since. Deep Sea & EU clearance specialists with AEO status. Own Fleet of trucks for container deliveries out of all UK Ports, with Gen Set trailers in Felixstowe, LGP/Tilbury & Southampton. | ||
| Reefer Distribution Services Ltd | Deep sea transportation of refrigerated cargo. | Beef Pork Lamb Poultry Meat | |
| Seafast Logistics Limited | Seafast Logistics provide global integrated logistics services directly tailored to your needs. | ||
| Thermotraffic UK Ltd. | Thermotraffic UK Ltd. has been active since 1987 as a logistics service provider and offers a logistics total concept for temperature-controlled food products. As an internationally operating company with offices in the main European seaports, we offer our customers a one stop solution-oriented service. Our range of activities covers: customs activities (seaport logistics), overland -and container transportation, ocean freight, advisory services (supply chain solutions, regulations/legislation), and cold storage logistics. Thermotraffic is part of the Japanese Nichirei Corporation, a global player in temperature-controlled logistics. In the UK we are represented via our office Thermotraffic UK Ltd. based in Rainham, Essex and Kevin Hancock Ltd. based in Newark. | ||
| W. Saunders (Shipping & Forwarding) Ltd | Port Health/Customs Clearance Specialists |
| Name | Activities | Exports |
|---|---|---|
| Argentine Beef Promotion Institute (IPCVA) | marketing , research and information for Argentine Beef | |
| Australian Meat Industry Council | Representing the Australian meat processing and export sector | |
| Beef & Lamb New Zealand Ltd | Representing the New Zealand beef and lamb producers | |
| Bord Bia | Bord Bia is the Irish government agency whose mission is to drive, through market insight, and, in partnership with industry, the commercial success of a world class Irish food, drink and horticulture industry. The organisation acts as a link between Irish food, drink and horticulture suppliers and existing and potential customers around the world with 14 international offices globally. | |
| Brenstech Ltd | ||
| Instituto Nacional de Carnes | INAC is a non-state public body of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay and was created to propose, advise on and execute the National Meat Policy, which is established by the Executive Power. In compliance with the above, the objectives of INAC are to promote, regulate, coordinate and monitor activities of production, transformation, commercialization, storage and transportation of meat. Uruguayan meat is known throughout the world for its high quality and delicious taste. Learn what makes our meats so special. URUGUAY: LOCATED IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN PAMPAS The country has optimal conditions to produce beef naturally due to its temperate weather, fertile soils and privileged hydrography. More than 80% of the territory is dedicated to livestock and each animal, has a pasture space equivalent to 2 soccer fields. BRITISH BREEDS RAISED IN THE OPEN AIR The main breeds are HEREFORD and ANGUS. The animals live in the open air all year round, raised based on a rich variety of natural pastures, under the most updated prac | |
| Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd | Marketing, research and development for Australian meat producers. | Beef Lamb |
| US Meat Export Federation | Nonprofit U.S. meat trade association | Beef Pork Lamb |
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