Beef
Farmers 'could be losing €168/head due to grading machines' - Naughten
Beef farmers could be “losing up to €168/head” due to the lack of accuracy on mechanical beef grading machines in...
Grading
Beef
Mechanical carcass grading suspended twice so far in 2020
Mechanical grading for carcasses has been suspended on two occasions so far in 2020, but no factory has been fined...
Beef
New grading system shows 'increased rate of accuracy' - Beef Plan
With trials of a new cattle grading system in a number of Irish beef processing facilities demonstrating increased rates of...
Beef
Department conducts 499 inspections on carcass grading this year
To date in 2019, the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine has conducted 499 unannounced inspections in 32 beef factories...
Beef
Department reveals grading machine trial results
The future application of new grading machines modified with more up-to-date technologies “will result in a better performance of carcass classification”,...
Beef
'Improvement in grading accuracy - but 17% still grading less than 90%'
The accuracy of beef grading machines has improved by over one third in the past year following increased scrutiny on...
Agri Politics
Creed: IFA grading review comments 'fake news'
Recent comments made by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) regarding a Department of Agriculture review of the beef grading system...
Agri Politics
'Old grading machines need to go into the recycling bin'
The current grading system at Irish meat plants has been described as “completely outdated” as they are unable to provide...