Ms Avril Hobson:

The meeting was held by the EU Agri-Food Fraud Network. It was attended by a number of member states and Europol. There was a general discussion about increasing collaboration and co-operation between member states, looking at all regulations and aspects relating to equine identification and traceability. There was a discussion on the common issues that all member states are experiencing, that was raised in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme. There will be further meetings regarding this.