Beef News
Ibec announces new director of Meat Industry Ireland
An inspector at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has been appointed as the new director of...
Meat Industry Ireland
Beef
MII warns that action needed on quota barriers to beef exports
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has welcomed the progress made on access to the U.S market for Irish lamb, but has...
Agri Politics
Pig support package includes 'reduction in production' conditions
Cabinet has approved a €15.8 million support package for the pig and horticulture sectors today (April 13), which includes a...
Beef
Carcass grading machines 'system update' to start next week
Meat processors represented by Meat Industry Ireland (MII) will begin rolling out digital cameras and LED lighting for carcass grading...
Sheep
Meat processors laud 'positive step' for access to China
The signing of formal protocols which have advanced the case for the export of sheepmeat and breeding pigs to China...
Beef
Growing Chinese beef imports a 'lost opportunity' for Ireland
The suspension of beef exports from Brazil to China presents both significant opportunities and threats to Irish beef – with...
Agri-Business
MII: €100 million scheme 'an important step' in response to post-Brexit trade
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has welcomed the opening of the €100 million capital investment programme for primary food processing. Reacting...
Beef
'Remarkable performance' from Irish meat exports in a difficult 2020
Considering the challenges faced in 2020, exports in the Irish meat sector “delivered a remarkable performance”, Meat Industry Ireland (MII)...
Agri-Business
€100 million Brexit scheme for food processing 'not of immediate help to farmers'
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has shown concern that the €100 million Brexit scheme announced for the food processing sector will...
Beef
Meat industry: 'Economic hit will be immediate - so too must be response'
A no-deal Brexit could see tariffs of up to €926 million slapped onto Irish meat exports annually – which is...
Agri-Business
Meat industry 'strongly refutes' MRCI claims on safety and employment
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has strongly refuted claims made by the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) regarding health and safety...
Agri Politics
Comments linking Covid-19 test times and beef price prove contentious
Comments by Meat Industry Ireland (MII) in the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response that delays in Covid-19 testing could...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland to stress need for 24-hour test results in plants
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) will stress the importance of turning around Covid-19 test results in less than 24 hours in...
Agri-Business
'Robust exchange of views' on Covid-19 held between SIPTU and MII
Representatives from trade union SIPTU and Meat Industry Ireland (MII) met today to discuss tackling the problem of Covid-19 clusters...
Beef
MII and acting chief medical officer meet to review protocols in plants
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has said that it spoke this morning, Friday, August 7, with the acting chief medical officer...
Beef
Report on Covid-19 in meat factories 'a fine work of fiction' - Smith
People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith has described Ibec’s submission on Covid-19 cases in meat factories as “a fine work...
Beef
MII reps told it is their 'job to know' Covid-19 cases breakdown in factories
Independent TD Richard O’Donoghue told representatives of Meat Industry Ireland (MII) that it is their “job to know” the breakdown...
Rural Life
'Principles of fairness and equity seem to be lacking' in meat industry - Cairns
“Principles of fairness and equity seem to be lacking” in the meat industry, according to TD Holly Cairns. Addressing the...
