Ireland: Brazil BSE case could spell disaster, not success for us, says Downey

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Published Feb 25, 2023

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The former president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Eddie Downey has warned farmers to be apprehensive about the confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Brazil.

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Authorities in Brazil confirmed a case of BSE – or mad cow disease – and have suspended beef exports to China. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has also been alerted. Eddie Downey was speaking at a conference on the future of agriculture hosted by Fine Gael at the Ard Rí Hotel in Tuam, Co. Galway last evening (Thursday, February 24). A panel of speakers at the event included Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, MEP Maria Walsh, as well as Siobhán Lawless owner of the Foods of Athenry and Stephen Hannon, general manager of Aurivo Marts. Advertisement Eddie Downey Last year, Eddie Downey was selected to chair Fine Gael’s National Agricultural, Food and Rural Development Forum, which has organised a series of regional conferences to discuss the future of farming. At one of the meetings, held in Tuam last night, Downey was discussing the premium price that ...

Source: AgriLand

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