In this afternoon's national news one of the farmers' organisations instilled fear in many farmers and the nation generally owing to a lack of information on the issue of dioxin in beef. I ask the Minister to address that fear as soon as possible by putting the proper information in the public domain.

I was contacted by a representative of four pig farmers in north Donegal who had sent their product to be slaughtered across the Border. I ask the Minister to give assurances that he will do as much as he possibly can to ensure this issue south of the Border is not used against pig producers south of the Border and in particular in Donegal.

When will the new labels be available to processors? Is there any danger to pork that has been in storage since before 1 September? When can we expect to see pork products back on the shelves again?

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