Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Tim LombardTim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to turn the topic to the so-called wonky fruit and vegetables scenario we have with producers at the moment and the grading system in place with some supermarket chains. Does Professor O'Mara think there is an opportunity and scope here for both the consumer and the producer to be more efficient when it comes to their product, with a change in focus regarding what wonky fruit and vegetables are? In other words, they are vegetables and fruit that is absolutely perfect but might not have the same specifications that the supermarkets might be looking for. Is there a body of work that could be done taking into consideration what we have heard that very few, if any, of the major multichains in Ireland are actually looking at that progress at the moment?

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