Brazilian beef containing banned hormones has officially been recalled by the Food Safety Authority. It was confirmed this week that beef containing banned hormones had accessed the Irish food chain and was now subject to a recall. Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Francie Gorman said this confirmation of the banned hormones infiltrating the Irish food system should be a wake-up call for the Irish Government. “In 2024, another EU audit found the Brazilian system to stop hormones entering the EU food chain could not be relied upon. Yet, hormones have now entered the EU and Irish food chain.

Source: Irish Examiner January 08, 2026 23:06 UTC