Moy Park, the leading European poultry processor and Northern Ireland’s biggest company, has won recognition for its new products in the prestigious Meat and Poultry Awards.
Moy Park, Northern Ireland’s only £1 billion business took the Product Developer of the Year Award for its achievements in the creation of innovative poultry products. Moy Park, based at Craigavon in county Armagh, is now part of Marfrig of Brazil and exports poultry products worldwide. It employs over 6,000 people.
And there was an award too for Karro Food Group, Northern Ireland’s biggest pork processor, which has an operation at Cookstown in county Tyrone.
Andrew Irwin, plant manager of Karro’s Cookstown factory, was named Plant Manager of the Year in the awards, organised by Meat Trades Journal, the industry’s main trade journal.
Head judge Ed Bedington, editor of Meat Trades Journal, says: “The processing industry is a tough sector, and the companies within it face challenges on many fronts, from commercial pressures through to regulatory barriers.
“We’ve had some brilliant entries from a wide range of companies into this competition, and it’s always a great challenge for judges to select our finalists and, ultimately our winners.”