date:Jul 15, 2014
The discovery of characteristics of the disease is understood to have alarmed Russian authorities who have cut off the supply of offal from Irish factories.
While the risk of humans catching TB by eating infected meat is minimal, a decision to impose the sanction was immediately taken by Russian health and safety experts.
Officials from the Department of Agriculture are now involved in negotiations aimed at getting the ban lifted.
The sanction was imposed last month following a series of visi