Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Our trainers state that tests are failed because of imported feed. Feed came in from the United States and the trainers have said this has resulted in many of the positive tests in the past 18 months to two years. If a trainer gets feed from a reputable company, what is contained in the feed is outside his or her control. How will we address this? Bord na gCon will come before the committee next week and it will give us figures. My knowledge is approximately 75% to 80% of failed tests in the past two years have been attributed to imported feed. I accept that Dr. May's guidelines and expertise are on the human side of doping. In this case, feed came from the United States and then dogs failed a doping test, and once people are explaining they are losing. Given the source of the feed is from outside the country, how can we ensure no prohibited substance is finding its way into it?