Ireland regains lowest possible BSE risk status
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang: correspondence between him and Taoiseach Micheál Martin was part of Ireland's efforts to lift China's ban on Irish beef. Picture: Neil Hall/PA Wire
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has recognised Ireland as having a negligible risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), which is the lowest country risk status possible.
The first case of BSE in Ireland was identified in 1989.
