Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

With regard to Deputy Upton's point, PCBs are tested for in the feeding process. With regard to her point about Backweston laboratory and the dioxin facility, I am assured that it would have been a delay of a day at the very most. The Department officials are convinced that it was less than a day but rather a matter of hours.

With regard to Deputy Penrose's point and it was a point also raised by Deputy Johnny Brady, the disposal would have a classification of rendering category 1. On Sunday evening we met the major retailers and the representative group of retailers in regard to advising them on setting up dialogue with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and the Department's vets on the question of the disposal of product. Deputy Scanlon's point about the need to have the product——

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