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Food Harvest 2020 aims to boost food exports by 40%

An ambitious plan to raise food and beverage exports by more than 40% over the next ten years has been launched.

The Food Harvest 2020 report – compiled by a committee of 30 key figures from the agri-food industry - contains 209 recommendations, including that milk output should grow by 50% and beef output by 20% during the next decade.more >

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Irish MEP wants limits set on use of trans fats in food	Blue text shows Bord Bia bias against North, say NI politicians	Farmers given six days to pay debts	Retail Ireland says Eurostat 'out of date'

Irish MEP Jim Higgins has called on the European Commission to limit the maximum permissible content of trans fatty acids (TFAs) in food ingredients	New designs for a Bord Bia Quality Mark, which use blue text to represent produce which comes from Northern Ireland, have been criticised by NI politicians	The 2009 collapse in dairy incomes has hit farmers hard, says the IFA - exacerbated by a major milk processor last month allowing just six days to repay debts	Retail Ireland director Torlach Denihan says Eurostat figures showing expensive Irish food prices are out of date, and claims prices are actually back at 2006 levels.
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