Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) is inviting tenders for testing equipment for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and scrapie.
Beef
The department has expressed confidence in its current controls regime for BSE, following a case of classical BSE in Scotland.
N.Ireland
The discovery of BSE in Scotland will not impact Northern Ireland’s negligible risk status, Minister, Andrew Muir has confirmed
Following high level discussions between the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar and the Chinese premier Li Qiang today, there is now the resumption of access for Irish beef exports to China.
The head of an Ireland-Asia think tank has said he hopes the ban on beef exports to China will be on the table this week.
Three progeny animals of the cow in which a case of atypical BSE was confirmed have been identified and culled, the department confirmed.
The money from beef exports to China is "money that the Irish farmers and Irish beef sector cannot afford to lose", according to one TD.
Minister McConalogue has said he is not worried that the recent Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) case will impact beef prices.
After the suspension of beef exports to China, an IFA presidential candidate has urged factories not to "undermine" prices paid to farmers.
The suspension of Irish beef exports to China presents a "significant setback" for farmers and the beef industry, MEP Seán Kelly has said.
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has told Agriland that he is "hopeful" of regaining Irish beef access to China within months.
Beef News
Minister for Agriculture should "engage and do whatever he can" to restore beef exports from Ireland to China Deputy Clare Kerrane has said.
The ICMSA has called on the department to stress to authorities in China the "special circumstances" of Ireland's detection of BSE.
The suspension of access for Irish beef to the Chinese market has been described as "disappointing" by the IFA livestock chair Brendan Golden.
Minister of State for new market development at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
DAFM has today (Tuesday, November 7) confirmed that beef exports to China have been suspended after tests confirmed a case of atypical BSE.
A case of mad cow disease has been confirmed on a farm in Cornwall in the UK, the Department for...
The case of BSE discovered in Brazil last month is an atypical case of the disease, the country's agriculture ministry has said.
Ireland is in a position to respond to any uplift in Chinese demand for beef following the suspension of Brazilian beef exports to China.
The former president of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA), Eddie Downey has warned farmers to be...
Irish farmers will expect a better price for their cattle if demand from China increases as Brazil suspended beef exports to the country.
An opportunity in the "lucrative" Chinese market will be presented as Brazilin beef exports to China are suspended, said Golden.
Authorities in Brazil have confirmed a case of BSE - or mad cow disease - and have suspended beef exports to China.
