Veterinary health certificate agreed for Irish beef to Thailand

Progress on securing market access for Irish beef to Thailand has been made through the agreement of a veterinary health certificate. This was confirmed by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, who today (Thursday, October 10) concluded Ireland’s agri-food trade mission to Thailand and Vietnam. A key priority for this trade mission was to progress co-operation on trade and market access in meetings with the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operation in Thailand, Itthi Sirilatthayayakorn, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam. Minister Hackett said: “We have made very significant progress on securing market access for Irish beef to Thailand, through the agreement of a veterinary health certificate. “This paves the way for officials on both sides to finalise the remaining technical steps as soon as possible, and ultimately for Irish beef to enter the market in the near future. “With a population of ...