For one thing, the plastic seems much thicker compared to most domestic food processors.
Food processors do not have to commit themselves to a price until the crop comes in.
The FSA's Maria Jennings said it was very important for food processors to know the source of their meat.
Since then, Magimix by Robot-Coupe has manufactured close to 10 million food processors.
He said producers, food processors, distributers, supermarkets and representatives from the food industry are expected to attend Monday's meeting.
Food processors and other sorts of suppliers have also felt the supermarkets' might.
Fridges, food processors and fans are also shifting more quickly.
Fellow food processors were largely to the downside on Thursday.
Certainly some food processors are managing to thrive regardless.
When details of the horsemeat contamination scandal first broke in the Republic of Ireland on 16 January, Irish food processors claimed the contaminated meat products had been supplied by companies in Poland.
However, these studies do show that farmers (who get only about 30% of the retail price for meat) have much weaker bargaining power than the food processors and the supermarkets who can use their clout to keep prices low.
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Set up in 2004, the RSPO involves growers, processors, food companies, investors and NGOs.
At least a dozen countries are involved in the horsemeat affair, which implicates some of the biggest meat processors and food producers.
In others, it supports, strengthens and supplies existing food banks by recovering excess produce from farms and processors, packaged goods from supermarkets and manufacturers and prepared foods from restaurants, hotels and caterers and distributing them to where they are needed most.
The ABP Food Group - one of Europe's largest processors and suppliers - said that, as a result of new tests two days ago, "the responsible course of action is to suspend all production at the Silvercrest plant in County Monaghan with immediate effect".
Farmers have long called for the food supply chain, which can involve many traders and processors between farm gate and consumer plate, to be overhauled and simplified.
We can go further too: in the food system before it gets to the supermarkets or even the processors.
The ABP Food Group, one of Europe's biggest suppliers and processors, stopped work at its Silvercrest Foods plant in Ireland, after the contamination emerged.
So this is important for consumers who need to know that their food is safe, but it's also important for the fishermen and processors, who need to be able to sell their products with confidence.
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Meanwhile, the Irish Department of Agriculture and the Food Standards Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are currently working to develop testing protocols for DNA testing at meat processors in the Republic.
Michael Bell of the Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association, a group that represents food manufacturing firms, said the government needed to appoint an independent mediator to deal with disputes between farmers, processors and retailers.
Michael Cembalest, chief investment officer of JP Morgan, says he is more interested in areas that work to counter-act rising food prices by adding innovation and expanded planting space, like seed companies, infrastructure and harvesting equipment makers, grain processors and fertilizer companies, than in agricultural commodities, which may be risky if conditions change earlier than expected.
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