Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Engagement with Mr. Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
12:00 pm
Ms Paola Colombo:
Yes. The first question was on taxation. Unfortunately, I am not aware of this situation but we can look into it and perhaps come back to the Deputy.
I will cover the second question as well on hormones and getting information to the consumer. With regard to the Deputy's question about the possibility of having hormone treated beef from non-EU countries, it is not a possibility. It is prohibited. We do not allow importation of meat derived from animals that have been treated with-----