Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)

It is difficult to say that no such produce is circulating because there is no mechanism for clearly identifying and labelling it. There is probably a small amount circulating in the economy. The issue is how to identify it and how to oblige suppliers to label it clearly. That is a matter for the line Ministers and the issue has been explored. There is no appetite to go down the road of identifying such produce because of the small quantity in question. There is nothing to stop producers and retailers from identifying this produce but this practice has not been taken up. The information is available on the departmental website. A full-scale ban has not been discussed at Government level.

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