Ms Deirdre Ryan:

It is important to mention that there has to be a multifaceted approach by all stakeholders to eliminate the practice. The sustainable dairy assurance scheme is playing, and will play, its role in this. The ICOS charter has been signed by the processors and they stand fully behind it. Everyone has to approach it from the various different angles. There are other areas like artificial insemination and breeding that need to be looked at for this to be completely eliminated.