Agri-Business
The EU Commission is investigating the proposed acquisition by the ABP Group of Slaney Meats and are due to make a decision on Friday.
The proposed merger which would see ABP Food Group take a 50% stake in Slaney Foods has been notified the European Commission competition authorities.
Beef
Competition Authorities in Brussels or Dublin have been notified formally do date of the proposed tie-up between ABP Food Group and Slaney Foods.
IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns has acknowledged the move by the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney that he will write to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) about the ABP investment in Slaney Meats.
The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, only set up the Beef Forum as a hollow political gesture, according to Eamon O Cuiv.
IFA is set to protest outside Slaney Meats in Bunclody, Co. Wexford over the proposed 50% sale of the plant to Larry Goodman's ABP group.
