Agri-Business
Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's comments that farmers “bring costs on Ireland” have sparked questions on Ireland’s reliance on food imports.
Beef
Since the start of the year, the issue of food labelling and traceability have come into the spotlight for various reasons.
Officials from DAFM carried out just under 70,000 control post inspections on food consignments imported in 2024.
MEPs voted down two decisions by the European Commission to allow residue levels of several pesticides banned in the EU in imported food.
N.Ireland
Farmers for Action (FFA) is calling for the introduction of a carbon tax on food imports into Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
A detailed outline of how much meat Ireland exports to China and how much is imported from them has been called for by the ICSA.
A detailed breakdown of where Ireland's beef and sheepmeat imports came from in 2016 has been revealed by the Minister Creed.
