Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

The voluntary code is operational in advance of compulsory requirement.

There are three regions of Brazil from which exports of beef are banned by the European Union. That was on the basis of the country being regionalised as we experienced ourselves some years ago when Ireland had an incidence of foot and mouth disease. The matter of Gaelic labelling was referred to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, which has central responsibility for food labelling.

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