Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion

3:55 pm

Mr. Aidan Cotter:

The Chairman is correct that there are other parts of the market, including food services and further manufacturing, where identification of country of origin does not happen. This is a retail country of origin identification and it does not apply in the other sectors. There is nothing to stop animals coming in to be processed and sold in the marketplace.