Mr. Martin Blake:

When I was replying to Deputy Cahill's question earlier, I explained the series of incremental changes we have made to the checks on the food chain over the past five or six years. We have a robust check on all animals entering the food chain. Only 6,000 to 7,000 animals are slaughtered each year. This happens at two plants so it is easy for us to check. We have a full-time presence in those two abattoirs. If we find something wrong then that animal is rejected. For example, if we find two microchips in an animal post slaughter, the carcase is rejected.