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Friday, September 18, 2009
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Mullingar's Moon Shine Milk Wins Organic Award

IRELAND - Kelly’s Organics of Mullingar won the Overall National Organic Award 2009 to for its new Moon Shine Milk product, a bottled non-homogenised farmhouse milk, during the National Organic Week celebrations in Ireland.

The judges were unanimously bowled over by the taste and quality of the milk, citing it as "how milk used to taste".

Moon Shine Milk, currently available in farm shops and farmers markets in Co. Westmeath and the Organic Supermarket in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, also won the Best Local Organic Product award.

Now in their third year the National Organic Awards are recognised as an important feature in the organic food and drink industry calendar, which aim to recognise the achievements, and raise the profile, of Irish organic food and drink manufacturers. Organised by Bord Bia in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the 2009 Awards attracted over 140 entries from organic companies nationwide.

Speaking at today’s event Minister of State Trevor Sargent said: "Sales of Organic food are continuing to grow, increasing year on year by 13.2 percent, reaching a value of €124 million in the year to July 2009.

"From these encouraging retail figures, it is clear that even in these hard times a considerable number of Irish consumers are buying organic products.

"But the word organic on the label is no longer enough to guarantee a market — people are also looking for top quality. There was no shortage of quality in the entries received again this year."

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