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First reported 23 mins ago - Updated 23 mins ago - 1 reports

Belfast Briefing: Capitalising on North’s rich heritage in the agri-food sector

First Minister Peter Robinson serves food to members of the public at the Ulster Pork and Bacon Forum during the Balmoral Show.Photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye If Jane Harnett ever needs a drop of inspiration when she is hard at work helping to get ... [Published Irish Times - 23 mins ago]

Entities: Agri-Food, Northern Ireland, Belfast (United Kingdom), Agriculture

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

New Measures Strengthen Canadaâs Food Safety System

CANADA – The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) has backed new rules and requirements for beef outlined in the Safe Food for Canadians Action Plan which the organisation says will further strengthen Canada’s food safety system.The enhanced controls ... [Published The Meat Site - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Food Safety, Escherichia Coli (E. Coli), Irradiation

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

FDA Food & Drug Administration

Taiwan bubble tea pearls recalled from sale, contained unapproved food additive

Taiwan imported Sunright-brand tapioca balls, commonly found in bubble tea drinks, were found to have contained low levels of maleic acid, an unapproved food chemical. It can cause kidney failure when consumed over a long-term period (Photo: Agri-Food ... [Published InSing.com - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Taiwan, Maleic acid, FDA Food & Drug Administration, Agri-Food, Singapore

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Foster promotes Northern Ireland trade in Brazil

Exciting times ahead for Northern Ireland’s agri-food industry: Foster ~ 16 May 2013Foster comments on latest labour market figures ~ 15 May 2013Statistical Press Release - latest labour market figures ~ 15 May 2013Local builder found guilty of defrauding ... [Published Northern Ireland Executive - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Northern Ireland, Belfast (United Kingdom), Brazil

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 reports

University College Dublin

Agri Aware welcomes new board members

Agri Aware, the independent Irish agri-food educational body, four new members to its Board of Directors: Professor Patrick Wall, Professor of Public Health at University College Dublin; Alan Jagoe, outgoing president of the Irish rural youth organisation, ... [Published Leitrim Observer - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Patrick Wall, Macra Na Feirme, University College Dublin

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

LMC believes ambitious plans can be delivered

Speaking from Balmoral Show LMC chairman Pat O’Rourke commented: “It is very encouraging to see the outworkings of the Agri-Food Strategy Board over the course of the last year being published at the new showcase agricultural event at Balmoral Park, ... [Published Farming Life - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Northern Ireland, Agri-Food, collaboration, Market Intelligence

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Broad welcome for Agri-Food report

Northern Ireland’s farming sector has welcomed the recommendations contained within the report from the Agri-Food Strategy Board, which foresees an industry generating sales of some £7 billion annually by 2020. This represents a 60% increase on current ... [Published Farming Life - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Agri-Food, Northern Ireland, Harry Sinclair, Tony O'Neill, Supply Chain

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Government Announces Plans to Develop Sector

MEXICO – Plans to boost the productivity and profitability of the pork sector were unveiled by Agriculture Minister, Enrique Martinez, at the National Pig Agenda meeting last week.The meeting comes before a trade mission to Asia in June. Mr Martinez detailed ... [Published The Pig Site - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Enrique Martinez, Mexico, Agriculture

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Sunright tapioca balls recalled after found to contain unapproved additive

Sunright tapioca balls was found to contain traces of maleic acid, an unapproved food additive.Photo: Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of SingaporeSINGAPORE: Sunright brand tapioca balls, also known as ‘pearls’ commonly used in bubble tea, has been ... [Published XinMsn - May 19 2013]

Entities: Maleic acid, Singapore, Taiwan, Agri-Food, FDA Food & Drug Administration

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Brunei Free From H7N9 Bird Flu, Says Department Of Agriculture And Agrifood

Bandar Seri Begawan - Following the H7N9 outbreak that has occurred in China, Brunei's Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources said it will continue to implement monitoring work at poultry farms in the country.To date, Brunei remains free from the ... [Published BruDirect - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Agri-Food, Agriculture, H7N9, Brunei, Bird Flu

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

N Ireland - Meat firms set growth targets in new Northern Irish food strategy

Beef and sheep meat processors in Northern Ireland aim to grow turnover by 65% to £1.6bn by 2020, according to a recently published Agri-Food Strategy for the region.In addition, pig processors expect to increase sales by 48% to £360m. The targets for ... [Published Meat Trade News Daily - May 20 2013]

Entities: Northern Ireland, Ireland, Agri-Food, Tony O'Neill, Dunbia

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 5 reports

Farming sector to grow as global population soars

While the outlook for the Northern Ireland economy might be subdued, the agri-food sector here has huge potential to grow in the coming years, an audience of industry leaders has heard. A surging global population is expected to see demand for food increase ... [Published Belfast Telegraph - May 17 2013]

Entities: Owen Brennan, Agri-Food, Northern Ireland, Agriculture

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"The agri-food sector also has significant potential to grow further. The UK trade deficit in food of over £18.4billion represents a significant opportunity for growth in Northern Ireland’s food and drink industry" he said

Belfast Briefing: Capitalising on North’s rich heritage in the agri-food sector [Published Irish Times - 23 mins ago]

...that enterprises across the region can make to regional prosperity,” said Calman Cohen, President of the Emergency Committee for American Trade.$ "Asia Pacific businessmen bet on open markets as the best way to boost trade, investment and development of our countries. Faced with this challenge, the private company reaffirms its commitment to generate wealth, employment and sustainable development as an effective tool in the fight against poverty. Therefore, the importance of completing the negotiations within the framework of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, “said Alfonso Garcia Miro, President of CONFIEP."

Business Leaders Call for Redoubling of Efforts on TPP [Published Scoop - 3 hours ago]

Martin Coates: "There is a huge amount of paperwork associated with running a modern farm. When we were designing Farmango, we realised that we needed to do what we could to reduce it. We started by implementing a direct link to the BCMS stock database, allowing farmers to automatically upload, or download, records. Then we started to focus on reducing the need for other forms of data entry by allowing farmers to use mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones to capture information at source. This removes the need for transcription of data and, with it, the errors that can creep in."

Agrantec Launches New Version of "Farmango" Cloud Based Beef Farm Management Software [Published Zecco - 16 hours ago]

"However, long term consumption of high levels of maleic acid can cause kidney damage."

Taiwan bubble tea pearls recalled in wake of kidney damage fears [Published Asiaone - 21 hours ago]

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Philippines eyes more agriculture exports to Si... [Published Interaksyon - May 18 2013]
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Blogs

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Another Week of Anthropocene Antics – May 19, 2... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 11 hours ago] Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom May 19, 2013 Chuckles , COP19+ , Arctic Council ...
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How sweet it could be: How one company is build... [Published Financial Post \| Business » Entrepreneur - Mar 23 2013] What longtime Canadian industry is innovative, world-class and export-minded, and also tastes delicious on pancakes? Maple syrup is a tasty tradition that dates back centuries, to the native communities that celebrated the running of the sap with an ...
Horsemeat fraud: the Irish dimension - part 1 [Published EU Referendum - Mar 15 2013] Simon Coveney, the Irish minister of agriculture yesterday released his government's official report on its investigation into the horsemeat affair. It has been crawled over by the Irish press, such as in the Irish Times (above), which reveals ...
Meet to talk about Meat [Published Greg Laden's Blog - Mar 12 2013] This is an event some of you in the Twin Cities may be interested in attending Viewing of American Meat at the Bell Museum “A fabulous panel of dedicated agri-food issue talkers have agreed to walk us through this conversation with the film’s director ...

Press Releases

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