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Mash Direct, the award winning specialist in quality convenience potato and vegetable products, has become the first company in Ireland to achieve a top quality award from the influential British Retail Consortium (BRC).

Two traditional breads from Northern Ireland will feature in the forthcoming
???Hairy Bikers Food Tour of Britain' television series, presented by Hairy Bikers Simon King and Frank Myers.

The Minister is pictured alongside Peter McArdle (left), Invest NI and John Gilliand, Industry Advisory Panel Member and Chair of the Rural Climate Change Forum at the Environment and Renewable Energy Centre at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute in Hillsborough.

Northern Ireland has announced a new two-year campaign to accelerate its red meat sales to Europe.

Invest Northern Ireland has put a structured programme of activities in place to expand sales of beef and lamb to retailers and foodservice customers in France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Scandinavia by 2011.

A County Tyrone-based supplier of speciality meat products has increased its operational efficiency and sales capability through an Invest NI backed staff training programme.

Seven of the 11 Northern Ireland food and drink companies taking part in SHOP 2009 (28-30th September) will be pitching for business at the industry's biggest exhibition for the first time.

Northern Ireland based Kestrel Foods, a market leader in the production and marketing of quality dried fruit, nuts and seeds snacks under the Forest Feast brand name for retailers in the UK, Republic of Ireland, mainland Europe, Middle and Far East, is investing in new production facilities and expanding its product range to increase sales in Great Britain, Republic of Ireland and further afield.

Northern Ireland based Golden Popcorn is aiming to strengthen its business in the Republic of Ireland as a leading supplier of the snack product to retailers and cinema operators.

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster welcomed today's confirmation that Dunbia has successfully created almost 100 new jobs at their pork processing plant in Ballymena.

Twenty three Northern Ireland food companies gained almost 50 awards, including four highly prestigious ???triple golds', in the recent Great Taste Awards 2009, considered the UK ???Oscars' for the food and drink industry.