Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

I record our appreciation for the positive approach of the various representative groups to the voluntary code. Bord Bia will work with the relevant representative associations to ensure the scheme works as well as possible. It will be proposed in the legislation that all meats will be included so that meat from sheep, pigs and poultry will be covered as well. The immediate priority is to extend the existing beef labelling system, which is the most comprehensive. We are determined to have that legislation brought to the Houses of the Oireachtas during this term with the co-operation of the Dáil and the Seanad.

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