Agri-Business
The Slieve Bloom based company, Dooley Wool is emphasising the importance of the traceability when it comes woolen products.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) said no decision has yet been taken on bovine passports, also known as blue cards.
Rural Life
Minister Martin Heydon has launched a new booklet entitled ‘All you need to know about Equine Identification and Traceability’.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has launched a public consultation on horse traceability.
N.Ireland
Minister Andrew Muir said the mandatory registration of NI equine establishments is an "essential step forward" to improve traceability.
Tillage News
The Irish Grain Assurance Scheme (IGAS) has launched a new trailer identification system just before this year harvest.
Senator Victor Boyhan has called for a debate in both the Dáil and the Seanad about Prof. Paddy Wall's report on Ireland’s horse traceability system
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon today (Thursday, March 20) welcomed...
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) restricted 455 herds in 2024 due to serious tagging, registration and movement breaches.
A butcher in Co. Dublin has been included among food businesses on which enforcement orders were served in July.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said that it has not yet received any applications to date from other processors to slaughter horses.
Officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) are to appear before the...
The European Commission has reminded EU member states of their obligations when it comes to horse traceability.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) will meet with European Commission officials next week to discuss the issue of traceability in horses.
Beef News
Brazil has established a working group to advance measures to control the traceability of cattle and buffalo in the country.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) is considering what role cattle passports will play in the future of the traceability system.
Carcasses contaminated with faecal matter, hair and floor paint were discovered by the FSAI in an audit of Irish food business operators.
The FSAI uncovered non-compliance in several food businesses during an audit of meat labelling and traceability standards
The animal identification and traceability enforcement mechanism used by the Department of...
A US meat giant, Tyson Fresh Meats, is collaborating with an Irish firm to use DNA technology to trace beef back to the animal of origin.
The FSAI today revealed that it now has a new DNA scanning tool to identify the entire DNA content of a food.
Sheep
Sheep farmers right around the country are struggling to have their lambs slaughtered with factories fully booked up, according to the ICSA.
A Co. Down farmer who moved cattle illegally was sentenced to a prison term at Newry Magistrates’ Court today (Wednesday, July 18).
