Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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A suggestion has been made by the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association that categorises as an unfair trading practice the rules around conformity, such as the colour of eggs or the size and shape of vegetables. It is lunatic stuff that leads to food being thrown out sometimes. Would the Minister consider the ban of that practice to be an appropriate unfair trading practice to be added to the list?