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IRISH CAMPAIGN ON BRAZILIAN BEEF REWARDED
Date: December 19, 2007
The fact that it took the Irish Farmers Association and the Irish Farmers Journal to expose the deficiencies inherent in the Brazilian cattle production and processing industry cast doubts on the efficacy of the EU’s veterinary...[more]
RESTRICTIONS ON BRAZILIAN BEEF LIKELY
Date: December 11, 2007
The campaign mounted by the Irish Farmers Association and the Irish Farmers Journal to highlight deficiencies in Brazilian beef production and marketing appears to be bearing fruit. [more]
BAD PRESS FOR EU AGRICULTURAL POLICY NEEDS TO BE BALANCED
Date: October 12, 2007
The Common Agricultural Policy too often got a bad press from a largely negative focus while totally ignoring the hugely positive benefits which consumers gained from the CAP.[more]
E.U. OPERATING DOUBLE STANDARDS ON BEEF IMPORTS
Date: August 6, 2007
Independent MEP Marian Harkin has accused the European Union of having double standards in banning British beef while accepting imports from Brazil where foot and mouth disease is endemic.[more]
DOUBLE STANDARDS ON BRAZILIAN BEEF EXPORTS
Date: July 20, 2007
The response of the European Commission to IFA charges that unacceptable controls exist in Brazil over it’s beef production revealed a greater concern to pander to a significant WTO member rather than protection of Irish and...[more]
BRAZILIAN BEEF BAN – EU MAY TAKE ACTION
Date: June 20, 2007
In the European Parliament, responding to a number of questions from Irish MEP's on the banning of imports of Brazilian beef into the EU, the German Minister for General Affairs and External Relations stated that the EU would...[more]
AGRICULTURE THREATENED BY MANDELSON
Date: June 19, 2007
The future of agriculture in the EU continued to be threatened by the apparent willingness of Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to exceed his mandate in World Trade Organisation negotiations. [more]
EU BEEF IMPORT POLICY SLATED IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Date: June 7, 2007
IN A STRONG ATTACK ON EU POLICY CONCERNING BEEF IMPORTS, INDEPENDENT MEP MARIAN HARKIN SLATED COMMISSIONERS MANDELSON AND KYPRIANOU FOR FAVOURING IMPORTS FROM BRAZIL WHICH ARE SUSPECT IN TERMS OF TRACEABILITY AND ANIMAL DISEASE...[more]
DAIRY INDUSTRY DISCRIMINATION
Date: April 26, 2007
The decision by the Government to allocate only €15 million for dairy projects to the North and West and €100 million for projects in the South and East was clear evidence of the continued discrimination by the Government in the...[more]
MANDELSON SABOTAGING IRISH AGRICULTURE
Date: March 11, 2007
Ireland’s farmers and the Irish food industry were being sabotaged by EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson who appeared to have only British industrial interests at heart in WTO negotiations.[more]
