Ms Sinéad McPhillips:

As I have said, the proposal is limited to the eight practices set out, four of which are prohibited outright and four of which are only available where the contract covers them. As to wider initiatives by Commissioner Hogan in relation to the food supply chain, there is a definite move towards increased price transparency. While a lot of that is at aggregate level, it gives us a great deal more information. For example, it allows us to compare the position between one EU member state and another. Initiatives like that are progressing and the possibility is that big data can be harvested using the Internet and the block chain. Those are the possibilities we see in the years ahead to improve information along the supply chain.