Suspension of Brazilian beef to China puts Irish beef 'in a very strong position'

This opportunity presented by the suspension of Brazilian beef going into the "lucrative and high-volume Chinese market" must be grasped by the meat factories, the IFA said.

Last month, Ireland regained beef access to the Chinese market.

The confirmed suspension of Brazilian beef exports to the Chinese market puts Irish beef "in a very strong position", the Irish Farmers' Association has said, and this "must be capitalised".

Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock said in a statement this week that an atypical case of BSE has been confirmed in an animal in the municipality of Marabá.