Mr. Arnold Dillon:

At a recent seminar hosted by the Department a survey was presented looking at awareness of the UTP rules. It demonstrated very low awareness, particularly, I think, among primary producers but also among other actors in the supply chain and other suppliers. The larger businesses and retailers are probably very plugged into this. The UTPs are legislative obligations that have been in discussion for many years at a European level and are very much on the radar of the main players. An awful lot of work will have been done already to ensure their businesses are compliant. The challenge in respect of awareness of this falls to the smaller processors and operators in the retail sector, like in a food chain. The threshold to be subject to these rules is very different from those in the grocery code. The annual turnover threshold is only €2 million. As for the awareness campaign that has been discussed and is envisaged by the interim authority, that is probably where its targeted audience needs to be.