Hormones

Get your act in order: Brussels' warning to Brazil on hormone beef

Brazil faces yet another on-the-ground EU beef audit this year after failures were uncovered in the last two inspection visits.

NEWS 27 February 2026

Get your act in order: Brussels' warning to Brazil on hormone beef

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Farmer faith in Brussels dashed with latest Brazilian beef audit – IFA

Farmer faith in Brussels dashed with latest Brazilian beef audit – IFA

NEWS 26 February 2026

Broken promises: what the EU’s audit found out about Brazilian beef

Broken promises: what the EU’s audit found out about Brazilian beef

NEWS 26 February 2026

Explainer: the Mercosur trade deal on beef access

Explainer: the Mercosur trade deal on beef access

Explainer: the Mercosur trade deal on beef access

NEWS 14 January 2026

Brazilian beef with illegal hormones enters Irish food chain

Brazilian beef with illegal hormones enters Irish food chain

Brazilian beef with illegal hormones enters Irish food chain

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Brazilian beef containing illegal hormone entered Irish food chain

Brazilian beef containing illegal hormone entered Irish food chain

Adam Woods reveals that Brazilian beef with an illegal carcinogenic hormone has entered the Irish food chain.

NEWS 19 November 2025

Athlone Mercosur protest is about 'unity' - ICSA

Athlone Mercosur protest is about 'unity' - ICSA

The Mercosur deal is built on "blatant double standards" that no one should be expected to accept, ICSA president Seán McNamara has said.

NEWS 19 November 2025

Surge in foreign beef imports into the UK

Surge in foreign beef imports into the UK

The UK beef market continues to be targeted by cheap product from thousands of miles away.

NORTHERN IRELAND 19 November 2025

IFA wants EU officials up before Oireachtas to account for Brazilian beef recall

IFA wants EU officials up before Oireachtas to account for Brazilian beef recall

The IFA has told TDs and senators that they need to hear EU officials' explanations of how Brazilian beef containing banned hormones ended up in EU markets.

NEWS 19 November 2025

Listen: undercover - Brazilian beef exposed

Listen: undercover - Brazilian beef exposed

The Irish Farmers Journal and IFA team recount their investigation into beef production systems in Brazil and the ongoing fall-out.

NEWS 19 November 2025

Commission called on to investigate illegal antibiotic sales in Brazil

Commission called on to investigate illegal antibiotic sales in Brazil

Call comes following revelations by Irish Farmers Journal/IFA investigation which uncovered illegal sales of animal medicines in Brazil.

NEWS 19 November 2025

Brazil bombshell: illegal antibiotic trade exposed

Brazil bombshell: illegal antibiotic trade exposed

Adam Woods reports on an Irish Farmers Journal/IFA investigation into the illegal sale of animal medicines in Brazil.

NEWS 19 November 2025

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