date:Aug 21, 2014
etween the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is taken into account.
Apparently mixed labels are frequently used in Italy where cattle are reared in Ireland, but finished locally. Eddie Punch of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association said that the refusal to accept the mixed-origin beef amounted to an artificial barrier to trade under EU competition laws.
A solution that is workable for all parties is urgently needed. Around 40,000 calves, weanlings and store cattle were exported