by Q Radio news
Two Northern Ireland beef processors have been granted access to the US market for the first time in 20 years.
Foyle Food Group and WD Meats, were listed as meat plants eligible to export meat to the United States, alongside one other UK processor from Wales.
The first shipment of beef was dispatched at the end of September with further shipments due to commence in the coming weeks.
Two Northern Ireland beef processors have been granted access to the US market for the first time in 20 years.
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) October 7, 2020
Foyle Food Group and WD Meats, were listed as meat plants eligible to export meat to the United States, alongside one other UK processor from Wales. pic.twitter.com/3F1i1gyPeW
Welcoming the move, the Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots said:
“I am very proud that the first shipment of UK beef to the USA came from a Northern Ireland beef processor.
It is a signal, loud and clear, of the quality of our produce, the standards of our animal health, welfare and of our care for the environment.
The UK food and farming industry estimates it will bring a £66 million boost to beef producers over the next five years alone and Northern Ireland too will receive part of that economic uplift.”
Clare Holly, is a Director at WD Meats:
Two NI beef processors are to begin exporting to the USA market for the first time in 20 years. Foyle Food Group and WD Meats of Coleraine will join one other UK processor from Wales. Clare Holly is Director of WD Meats: pic.twitter.com/GSjNowmXRu
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) October 7, 2020
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