date:Jul 01, 2014
The minister is in the US on a short trip promoting Irish agri-trade and investment.
He had meetings at the US Department of Agriculture this morning in relation to US plans to allow Irish beef imports.
Inspectors from the US will be in Ireland next week to carry out audits of food safety controls at Irish meat plants.
Following these inspections Minister Coveney said today that he expected Irish beef to be on sale in the US by September or October.
The US has recently lifted BSE restriction