Local farms under restriction

Some of the eight Northern Ireland beef farms currently under restriction because of the contaminated food scare are believed to be located in the Mid and West Tyrone area.

It is understood that the farm premises were put under restriction by DARD on Monday as officials tried to establish how many farmers, north of the border, had unknowingly purchased potentially contaminated animal feed from the Carlow-based Millstream Power Recycling plant.

While Northern Ireland pork was given a clean bill of health first thing on Tuesday, there remained a distinct nervousness within the farming community that the beef sector was not quite out of the woods yet.