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The Fray Bentos brand is known for the manufacture and sale in the United Kingdom of a range of tinned meat pies such as steak and kidney and minced beef and onion. [1] [2] Since 2011, the brand in the UK has been owned by Baxters, who manufacture Fray Bentos products at their site at Fochabers in Scotland. [3]
The surroundings of Fray Bentos were the location of the crash of Austral Flight 2553, in which 74 people were killed (69 passengers and 5 crew) on 10 October 1997. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] On 5 July 2015, the city's Barrio Anglo, the location of the industrial plant, was declared a World Heritage Site as the "Fray Bentos Cultural-Industrial Landscape".
The production line is accommodated in a two-storey extension to the Fochabers factory and initial production levels were 67,000 tinned pies per week. [34] Fray Bentos was named after the town of Fray Bentos in Uruguay, from which it originally imported meat into the UK. [36]
In 1873, Liebig's began producing tinned corned beef, which it sold under the label Fray Bentos. [13] "Fray Bentos" was trademarked by Liebig in 1881 to market "Fray Bentos Compressed Cooked Corned Beef". [17] With the introduction of freezer units, the company was eventually able to produce and export frozen and chilled raw meat as well.
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Premier Foods, among other food brands, later produced the staple Fray Bentos canned steak and kidney pie at the Long Sutton factory. After the sale of Fray Bentos to Baxters in 2011, production moved to Scotland in 2013. [21] [22] Since 2011, the factory now belongs to the Princes Food & Drink Group. [23]
Public perceptions of the safety of Fray Bentos tinned meats also contributed to significantly diminished income. The outbreak was successfully handled, although there were three fatalities confirmed. [2] The outbreak drew attention to the need for better standards of hygiene, notably in the cleaning of food processing machinery.