Donegal-based Foyle Food Group has shipped its first order of Irish beef to the US, just in time for St Patrick’s Day. The shipment left Donegal on Monday (16/03/2015) and arrived in the US on Tuesday (17/03/2015).
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney TD, promoting Irish beef in the USA.
Foyle is one of only two beef producers in all of Europe which have been approved for export of beef to the United States, following the lifting of a 15-year export ban.
Foyle Food Group and the Irish-led Amboy Group, a New Jersey-based Food Management Services company, are responding to the significant market interest generated by the recent launch of Irish beef in New York, Washington DC and Boston by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.
The Amboy Group are working with Foyle Food Group and other Irish beef processors to create a strong presence for premium Irish beef brands in the US market.
(Source – Irish Independent – Indo Farming – Declan O Brien – 18/03/2015)