Pig/Poultry
Rosderra has issued a letter to suppliers outlining changes to their grading structure which will see price penalties enforced.
An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission to Rosderra Farms for a new pig fattening shed in Co. Tipperary.
Rosderra Irish Meats Group has purchased pig farms in Co. Tipperary and Co. Cork, the pork processer confirmed.
Agri-Business
The country's largest pork processor, Rosderra, has been ordered to pay an ex-employee €30,000 compensation for forcing him to retire at 65.
Retailer Tesco will put forward a proposal next week to work towards providing an increase in pig prices by early June, according to the IFA.
Pigmeat from the Rosderra Irish Meats plant in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, has been reapproved for export to China.
SIPTU has told AgriLand that the concerns of Rosderra Irish Meats workers who left the plant in Clara in protest recently "were warranted".
The Rosderra Irish Meats facility in Clara, Co. Offaly, has seen four members of staff test positive for Covid-19.
Rosderra Irish Meats said it is "pleased" to return to full operations this week following a staff walk-out at one of its factories.
A number of workers at Rosderra Meats left the factory in protest after staff had been brought in to work in the plant in Clara.
Authorities in China have suspended imports of pigment into the country from the Rosderra plant in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.
Rural Life
Some 60 members of staff at a pigmeat processing plant in Co. Offaly have tested positive for Covid-19 this week.
Beef
The department is being called on to "conduct an independent verification" to make sure that meat plants are meeting public health guidelines.
Rosderra Irish Meats has confirmed that "a number" of its employees have tested positive for Covid-19 at its plant in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.
The future of ownership of Dunbia is in doubt this evening with increasing speculation surrounding its possible sale to a UK firm.
