by Kevin | Apr 16, 2013 | Press Releases
16th April, 2013Gabriel Gilmartin, president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association, has welcomed the news that Ireland is one of five countries where no beef products tested positive for horse DNA. However, Mr Gilmartin said, “The results released by the...
by Kevin | Feb 14, 2013 | Press Releases
14th February, 2013Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association president Gabriel Gilmartin has welcomed European Commission proposals to implement a three-month programme of random DNA testing on meat products, but says the arrangement should be made permanent...
by Kevin | Feb 4, 2013 | Press Releases
4th February, 2013ICSA president Gabriel Gilmartin has described revelations that substantial levels of horse DNA has been detected in a raw material ingredient at Rangeland Foods as “a deeply worrying development and has left farmers furious. It suggests that...
by Kevin | Feb 1, 2013 | Press Releases
1st February, 2013ICSA president Gabriel Gilmartin has called on ABP Food Group to confirm that they have no reason to believe that horse DNA found in frozen burgers produced in the Silvercrest plant came from anywhere other than a Polish supplier. It comes in...
by Kevin | Jan 18, 2013 | Press Releases
18th January, 2013Edmond Phelan, beef chairman of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association, said that in light of the current crisis, a review of the beef quality assurance schemes – and the strategy behind them – is now necessary. “It’s very...
