Agri-Business
DAFM to consider ending requirement for 'blue cards'
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is considering what role, if any, that cattle passports, known by...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is considering what role, if any, that cattle passports, known by...
Agri-Business
The discovery of carcasses contaminated with “obvious visible faecal matter” and floor paint in an audit by the Food Safety...
Agri-Business
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) uncovered non-compliance in several food businesses during an audit of meat labelling and...
CAP / Schemes
The animal identification and traceability enforcement mechanism used by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is set...
Agri-Business
A US meat processing giant, Tyson Fresh Meats, is collaborating with Irish firm IdentiGEN to use DNA technology to trace...
Agri-Business
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has unveiled a new DNA scanning tool to identify the entire DNA content...
Sheep
Sheep farmers right around the country are struggling to have their lambs slaughtered with factories fully booked up, according to...
N.Ireland
A Co. Down farmer who moved cattle illegally was sentenced to a prison term of four months at Newry Magistrates’...
Sheep
The mandatory extension of electronic identification (EID) tagging to all sheep at the height of the sale season will be a “complete...
Beef
Irish food safety and traceability company IdentiGEN has obtained a major contract in Switzerland, which will see it provide DNA-based...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Michelle McIlveen, has announced the award of an £8.7m contract for the delivery of a new...
N.Ireland
Concerns about the mislabelling of red meat in Northern Ireland were highlighted by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) at a...
Agri-Business
Over 20% of lamb dishes in UK takeaways have undeclared meat, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA). The...
Agri-Business
Irish genetics company Indentigen has announced details of a new DNA testing technology which, it says, will offer it major advantages...