by Kevin | Oct 31, 2013 | Press Releases
31st October 2013ICSA president Gabriel Gilmartin has warned of the need for continued vigilance for meat products in light of the discovery of horsemeat in imported tinned meat in UK shops today. “The tinned meat is a Romanian product but it highlights the fact that...
by Kevin | Jul 16, 2013 | Press Releases
ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan has said “we’ll believe it when we see it” in response to the possibility of prosecutions arising from the horsemeat scandal. Mr Phelan was speaking in the aftermath of criticism from British MPs on the lack of prosecutions and the...
by Kevin | Feb 11, 2013 | Press Releases
11th February, 2013Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association president Gabriel Gilmartin today said that the European Commission may be required to propose regulations to deal with the evolving horsemeat scandal. “It is now apparent that despite all the EU...
by Kevin | Jan 29, 2013 | Press Releases
29th January, 2013While welcoming the outcome of the Department investigations which showed that Polish meat was the source of the horse meat contamination, Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association president Gabriel Gilmartin said that farmers have been let down by...
by Kevin | Jan 17, 2013 | Press Releases
17th January, 2013Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) president Gabriel Gilmartin has expressed further concern that the latest test results of samples from the Silvercrest plant, indicate the presence of equine DNA. Mr Gilmartin said that it was...
