Beef up food security, IFA warns EU

BRAZILIAN beef imports into Europe are being driven on the back of rainforests being destroyed, which in turn is a major contributor to global warming, the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has claimed.

IFA livestock committee chairman, John Bryan, said European beef meets the highest quality standards.

But he claimed it is being replaced on the European market with inferior imports, from Brazil and South America, which are produced from the clearance of the rainforests.