Rural Life
Consumers have been warned not to purchase any meat sold from unregistered outlets or unregistered online sales by the FSAI.
Beef
The future application of new grading machines "will result in a better performance of carcass classification", according to the trial.
The accuracy of beef grading machines has improved by over one third in the past year, according to Denis Naughten.
Calls have been made for the replacement of what has been described as "outdated" beef grading machines in Irish beef processing factories.
Farmers selling beef cattle in 2017 will still have to face the prospect of factory price cuts on overweight carcasses.
N.Ireland
Just under 66% of all steers and heifers slaughtered in Northern Ireland in March failed to meet factory specs, figures from the LMC show.
