Beef
A further 27 cattle from a Co. Monaghan farm have tested positive for the banned substance, clenbuterol also known as angel dust.
Rural Life
Officers with the Revenue Commission seized 215kg of herbal cannabis, worth €4.3m, in Rosslare port over the weekend.
Agri-Business
The use of growth promoters is banned in the EU, and each member state must ensure that cattle are not being dosed with these drugs.
ICSA President Patrick Kent has 'condemned without reservation' the use of the banned substance angel dust after a beef animal tested positive for it.
The Department of Agriculture has launched an investigation after a sample taken from a beef animal tested positive for angel dust.
