Kepak’s announcement came as protesters were urged to call off the demonstrations at factory gates that has hit beef production.

A quality controller suing a meat company for a back injury withdrew his case yesterday, after the judge gave the parties time for a further examination of videos of the plaintiff’s activities.

Meat giant Kepak hired a surveillance firm to "spy" at weekends on a worker who had logged a number of grievances against the firm.

THE 2020 Strategy Committee for agri-food, forestry and fisheries is drawn from senior experts and participants in all aspects of the sector.

THE impact of Government cutbacks on the employment of agricultural graduates is one of the key items for discussion at the Agricultural Science Association (ASA) annual conference on September 11.