#Ireland: End of #Chineseban on #Irishbeef a victory for diplomacy

Chinese veterinary inspectors soon to start approving processing plants in Ireland

The writing has been on the wall for a while, but what a few weeks it has been for Irish beef – Ireland is now the only European country to be allowed to export beef to both theUnited States and China.

Chinese veterinary inspectors will soon begin to approve processing plants for export following the formal lifting of the ban... (Read more)

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#Ireland: Simon Coveney hails ‘exciting’ end to #milkquotas

Atmosphere in dairy industry ‘like the night before Christmas’

Dom Moran, secretary general of the Department of Agriculture with Minister Simon Coveney and Gerry Boyle, director of Teagasc, at the National Dairy Conference. Photograph: John T Ohle

The ending of the milk quota regime next March will be the most important and exciting development to hit rural Ireland in a generation, the Minister for Agriculture has said... (Read more)

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#Ireland on course to incur €80m fine for exceeding #milkquota

Farmers ramp up production ahead of removal of EU’s milk quota regime

Figures from the Department of Agriculture suggest the State’s milk supply is currently 6.93 per cent over-quota

Ireland could be hit with a record €80 million fine for exceeding its milk quota this year if the current level of supply is not curtailed.

With the EU’s milk quota regime ending in March, it appears many farmers have ramped up production ahead of time. Figures from the Department of Agriculture suggest the State’s milk supply is currently 6.93 per cent over-quota... (Read more)

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Latest food scandal involves overseas chains

‘This is a wake-up call for Chinese consumers, who have long believed that foreign fast-food brands follow higher standards than domestic ones’

The Husi Food factory in Shanghai, which is under investigation by the authorities. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

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