Agri-Business
ABP and Fane Valley have said that more effective and better-resourced Slaney in Ireland is needed to compete on international markets.
Beef
The unfair market practises within the beef processing sector need to be challenged rather than strengthened, Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy has said.
Livestock farmers have real fears and concerns around the lack of competition and dominance in beef processing as well as rendering.
TDs consider the move by the ABP Food Group to acquire a 50% shareholding in Slaney Foods.