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Northern Ireland’s Lynn’s Country Foods, which trades under Finnebrogue, has been listed in a London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) report on the 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain.

A specialist food crime unit should be set up in the UK in the wake of the horsemeat scandal, a government-commissioned review by a food safety expert from Queen’s University, Belfast has recommended.

Northern Irish artisan food companies are showcased in the new book of Great Taste 2013-14, truly delicious culinary journey through the world of fine food producers. It’s the essential guide to great food and drink.

Moy Park, the leading Northern Irish poultry processor and a food industry innovator, has been recognised at the 2013 Co-Operative Awards.

Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster has opened Dale Farm’s new ?20million cheese and whey processing facility near Cookstown.

Beef from two Northern Irish companies will benefit from a ?10 million deal to supply beef to Singapore.

Dunbia, based in Dungannon, county Tyrone, and WD Meats, Coleraine, county Londonderry are among the three UK beef processors involved in the new trade agreement with Singapore, which recently lifted its ban such imports.

Iconic British toy store Hamleys is the launch customer for a unique chocolate toy created by Choc-o-Bloc in Northern Ireland. The small Northern Irish family business has developed the Magic Choc-Chocolate Picture Maker kit.

McGrath’s, the Northern Irish craft brewer, has launched two new premium ales for the Winter season. The company, based at Lurgan in County Armagh, has introduced a unique Irish White Ale and an Irish Amber Ale in a drive to accelerate the growth in sales in Britain, the Republic of Ireland and other parts of Europe.

Two Northern Irish dairies have won medals at the prestigious World Cheese Awards 2013, an event held as part of BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham.

The Northern Ireland winners were Dale Farm, the region’s biggest dairy co-operative which makes cheese at Cookstown in Tyrone, and Fivemiletown Creamery, a speciality cheese producer, also from county Tyrone.

Northern Ireland’s Antrim Hills Spring Water has won its first business in China for artesian spring water.

The company, based at Ballyclare in county Antrim, is supplying its Water Within and Drip’n’ Drop brands to Hanscent, a leading distributor with bases in Shanghai and Ningbo.