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Retail industry leader Tesco is to double purchases of Northern Irish meat, according to chief executive Philip Clarke. It could mean a substantial increase in business for Northern Irish processors.

Queen’s University in Northern Ireland has set up a new Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) to help to improve global food safety through the establishment of an international ‘food-fortress’ in Belfast.

Smoked salmon with Irish whiskey and blackberry jam with 23 carat gold where just two of a selection of products from The Good Food and Wine Company featured on the menu at the St Patrick’s Day celebratory lunch at the Irish Embassy in Brasilia, an event attended by First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness during their visit to Brazil to promote investment and trade exchanges.

Moyallon dry-cure bacon from Northern Ireland’s award winning Hannan Meats has won gold in the Great Bacon Revolution Awards. The company also collected a bronze medal for the smoked variety of the Moyallon dry-cure bacon.

The latest awards for Hannan Meats were announced ahead of Bacon Connoisseurs’ Week, which is taking place between18-24 March, by BPEX.

A unique coffee developed using leaves from coffee trees growing in a Northern Irish public park has won a top international award.

The coffee was created by aspiring barista Mark Ashbridge and roasted by Bailies Coffee in Belfast, one of Ireland’s leading ground coffee suppliers to foodservice organisations. The coffee gained a top ranking for Ashbridge, a civil servant, at the Irish National Barista Championships in Dublin.

NORTHERN Ireland’s very own healthy energy drink Little Big Shot has been named as one of the Top Five Most Interesting Products from over 80,000 products on display at this year’s Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco.

The speciality food and beverages show is the largest of its kind on the West Coast of America and this year’s event was the biggest in its 38-year history with products from over 35 countries on display.

Hannan Meats, the Northern Irish catering meat business, has won two gold awards in the prestigious BPEX Foodservice Award for Best Pork Products for its unique ‘Roman Bacon’ (guanciale), which was named Supreme Champion in the UK Great Taste Awards 2012/13.

The Co-operative Group, the UK food retailer, and Dunbia, the leading Northern Irish meat processor, have formed a new business partnership that will see Dunbia, headquartered in Dungannon, county Tyrone, supplying Hereford beef for the retailer’s Truly Irresistible premium range.

Wafer Ltd, the market leading Northern Irish manufacturer of ice cream biscuit and waffle cones, wafers and other products, gained the ‘Best New Product Award at the National Ice Cream Awards held at Harrogate in Yorkshire.

Fivemiletown Creamery, the leading Northern Irish speciality cheese and ice cream business, has retained its British Retail Consortium Grade (BRC) A accreditation for outstanding quality products and safe processes.