Horsemeat
Food scares will become more common place in Britain as supply chains become more complex post-Brexit.
By Justin McCarthy on 29 October 2017
The NFU Mutual Food Fraud Report 2017 shows a growing level of distrust by consumers in their food.
By Caitríona Morrissey on 08 September 2017
In the news today, 1 August 2017: two men involved in the horsemeat scandal have been jailed, knackeries receive some of the State's largest grants and farmers resist pressure on beef prices.
By Thomas Hubert on 31 July 2017
Europol's arrest of 66 people in relation to the sale of unfit horsemeat will have implications for Iris horsemeat producers.
By Caitríona Morrissey on 20 July 2017
In the news today, 17 July, the cost of storing SMP in intervention in Ireland and 66 people arrested in horsemeat investigation.
By Amy Forde on 16 July 2017
Europol has made 66 arrests as part of the continued investigation into the wrongful use of horsemeat in the food chain.
By Patrick Donohoe on 16 July 2017
In the wake of the ABP-Slaney deal, Justin McCarthy takes a look at the wider processing sector and what the future might hold.
By Justin McCarthy on 12 October 2016
Two Britons and one Danish man have been charged with fraud following the 2013 horsemeat scandal.
By Alice O'Sullivan on 26 August 2016
Draft plans to tighten up official controls from farm to fork were informally agreed by food safety MEPs and the Dutch Presidency of the Council on Wednesday 15 June.
By Amy Nora Fitzgibbon on 16 June 2016
Kepak is on the hunt for a new chief exeuctive of its meat division following the announcement that Kevin Cahill is to leave the processor.
By The Dealer on 12 May 2016
Five months after a record price differential of €1.20/kg between Irish and British cattle prices, the gap has closed dramatically with Irish prices now ahead in some categories.
By Phelim O'Neill on 28 April 2016
As Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney prepares to leave office after five years, Patrick Donohoe sat down with the Minister to discuss his tenure
By Patrick Donohoe on 14 January 2016
Jobs for the old boys? The Dealer was looking at some of the recent sub group appointments within Bord Bia.
By The Dealer on 01 October 2015
James Mimnagh reflects on the importance of prices to farmers and asks who is driving the race and what farmers can do about it.
By James Mimnagh on 15 September 2015
Over the past five years, the Department of Agriculture’s investigation division has carried out a total of 607 investigations.
By Farmers Journal on 21 June 2015
After two years of investigations, the French authorites have pressed charges against eight people suspected of passing horsemeat as beef.
By Thomas Hubert on 01 May 2015
The globalised supply chain – food is getting scarier.
By Eoin Lowry on 21 May 2015
The economic crisis that has gripped Europe since 2008 has put financial pressure on households like never before.
By Lorcan Allen on 21 May 2015
Meat trader Willy Selten has received a sentence of two-and-a-half years in jail for passing horse meat off as beef. He appeared in court in Den Bosch on Tuesday.
By Farmers Journal on 07 April 2015
A man who ran an abattoir in the UK is the first person to be sentenced in connection with the horsemeat food scandal in 2013.
By Farmers Journal on 24 March 2015
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