Ulster Farmers’ Union President Harry Sinclair has welcomed the swift implementation of legislation to help protect the local potato industry’s ‘high health’ status.
The UFU Presidents comments follow the Agriculture Ministers announcement this week to bring forward legislation to help minimise the risk of introducing Potato Ring Rot to Northern Ireland.
The UFU are calling on all potato processors and packers to be responsible and honour this new legal requirement by notifying all planned landings of ware potatoes from Poland, Romania, Spain and Portugal.
