Frozen beef market to be reopened

Algeria: The Algerian market for frozen beef from Ireland is to be reopened, Agriculture and Food Minister Mary Coughlan has announced.

Ms Coughlan said this development, which follows the reopening of the Algerian market in October 2004 for fresh and chilled Irish beef, is a further strong signal of international confidence in Irish beef.

Ireland exported some 70,000 tonnes of beef to Algeria from 1995 to the suspension of exports in 2000.