Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a product (details supplied) will be released to the business that bought the product. [46177/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is the competent authority responsible for the transposition and implementation of European Community legislation concerning animal feedstuff.

Official controls are carried out through inspections of premises and sampling of feedstuff, by authorised officers, at all stages of the feed chain, including importation, storage, manufacture, trade and use at farm level. Imports of feed materials are inspected and sampled based on a risk assessment.

The product related to this query remains under investigation and no further action can be taken pending receipt of the report of laboratory analysis, which are expected this week.

There is ongoing communication between my Department and all stakeholders involved.