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Northern Ireland based gourmet cheese maker, Fivemiletown Creamery, is supplying its richly flavoured Ballyoak Smoked Brie to Sainsbury for the retailers popular ???Taste the Difference' range.

Salesmen from Northern Ireland's biggest beef and lamb companies have held a series of high level business pitches in the Netherlands.

Dairy industry leaders from Northern Ireland have been briefed on how entrepreneurial New Zealand businesses have revitalized milk sales through highly innovative beverages focused on healthier lifestyles.

Dairy industry leaders from Northern Ireland have heard how News Zealand's Fonterra Co-Operative has become the world's biggest dairy exporter through a longstanding strategic focus on market-led innovation.

On-farm benchmarking techniques employed by many New Zealand farmers to improve productivity were outlined to members of a 25-strong Invest Northern Ireland delegation in Dunedin at the start of a 10-day visit to the country.

Operations at Synlait in Canterbury, one of New Zealand's biggest dairies, were studied by members of the 25-strong delegation from Northern Ireland at the start of the 10-day business mission to the country. The mission, organised by Invest Northern Ireland, is designed to enable members to study best practice in food production in New Zealand.

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster launched a new quality beef brand from Northern Ireland during her visit to the Netherlands.

The Minister took part in the launch of the ???Shannon Matured Beef' brand by C&J Meats of Kilmore, Co Armagh and its Dutch partner, Shannon Meats, in Zoetermeer. Beef sold under this label has been traditionally matured on the bone for a minimum of 11 days to provide a rich flavour.

Award winning Northern Ireland company, Rich Sauces is launching a new range of products in the Netherlands created to meet the focus on healthy foods in the government endorsed Ik Kies Bewurst programme..

Northern Ireland based Ready Egg Products (Ready Egg) will be launching its range of high quality pasteurised egg products for the food service and food manufacturing industries at IFE. The company will be exhibiting from the Northern Ireland Pavilion ??“N3205 / N3219 / N3230 ??“ organised by the Food Division of Invest Northern Ireland, the region's business development body.

???Water Within' and ???Drip and Drop' are two exciting new spring water products being launched at IFE 2009 by Antrim Spring Water on the Northern Ireland Pavilion, Stand Nos N3205 / N3219 / N3230, organised by the Food Division of Invest Northern Ireland, the region's business development body.