Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon today (Thursday, March 20) welcomed the publication of Prof.

Prof Patrick Wall has assessed the weaknesses and loopholes in Ireland's equine traceability and made a series of ...

Expert recommends establishment of well-regulated slaughter facility where horses eligible for food chain can be ‘humanely ...

In January, horse meat was found in frozen beef burgers sold by UK supermarket chains. Since then, contaminated meat has been discovered in products sold by several more supermarkets and Burger King, ...

Therefore, there is no mechanism in place to ensure horses frequently bought at auction by kill buyers—those who purchase them for slaughter in Mexico and Canada—have not been given dangerous ...