Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Burger Content Investigations: Discussion

5:30 pm

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Either way, it is a ridiculously cheap product. That is why the product used is primarily beef trimmings, the type of product that does not have a home anywhere else. It is very much at the bottom of the market. However, as I stated, that is no excuse for not having standards.