Irish meat is free from banned growth promoters

DESPITE high-level monitoring at farm and factory levels, no residues of EU-banned hormonal growth promoters were found in tests carried out by the Agriculture and Food Department last year.

The Department confirmed this yesterday when it released the results of the tests carried out under the National Residue Monitoring Plan.

Tests covered bovines, pigs, sheep and poultry, as well as farmed deer, aquaculture and horses.