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444 Covid cases in food processors between January 11 and February 5

February 15, 2021

444 cases of Covid-19 were detected in food processing plants between January 11 and February 5, according to Minister for Agriculture, Food and…

Department to roll out rapid antigen testing in factories that want them

February 12, 2021

Agri-Business

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is working to roll out rapid antigen Covid-19 testing in food processors that wish to…

Kildare Chilling kill ‘in jeopardy’ due to UK travel ban

December 21, 2020

Agri-Business

Kildare Chilling has warned that its livestock kill scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday, December 22) is “in jeopardy due to the UK travel ban”.…

Waterford meat plant staff ‘bused to work with standing room only’ – Doherty

September 17, 2020

Beef

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has claimed that staff at a Co. Waterford meat plant were being “bused to work” while there were…

Suspension of Covid-19 testing at meat plants ‘highlights serious capacity issues’

September 10, 2020

Agri Politics

The suspension of Covid-19 testing at meat plants completely undermines assurances from the Health Service Executive (HSE) that there is capacity in the…

HSE postpones Covid-19 testing at meat plants

September 10, 2020

Beef

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has said that Covid-19 testing at meat plants is to be postponed, apparently on a temporary basis. Sinn…

Kildare Chilling ‘unlikely’ to be taking sheep in early part of this week

August 17, 2020

Sheep

Kildare Chilling is unlikely to be taking sheep in the early part of this week, as the company awaits a second batch of…

Meat plants ‘should be forced to close in event of new Covid-19 clusters’

August 14, 2020

Agri Politics

The “lack of commitment” from the meat processing industry to immediately close individual plants in the event of further outbreaks of Covid-19 has…

SIPTU: Do we cherish quality of our food more than safety of our people?

August 13, 2020

Beef

Trade union SIPTU has thrown down the gauntlet to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Covid-19 this morning, Thursday, August 13, by asking the…

Sole trader meat plant workers a ‘growing phenomenon’

August 12, 2020

Beef

Meat industry workers operating as sole traders are a “growing phenomenon” in the Irish sector, with such workers not entitled to social welfare…

Oireachtas committee to discuss meat plant situation tomorrow

August 12, 2020

Beef

The situation in meat processing plants will be the first topic for discussion when the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response meets tomorrow, Thursday,…