After years of tentative steps, the EU and US at the G8 in Fermanagh finally officially launched the start of talks on what is expected to be the biggest free trade agreement in the world.

A trade deal with the US could open the doors to hormone meat and genetically modified food being available in the EU, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has indicated.

FARM groups yesterday criticised the double standards with which the EU Commission treats foods produced inside and outside the EU.