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Written Answers — Animal Carcase Disposal: Animal Carcase Disposal (3 Apr 2007)

Mary Upton: Question 540: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way she proposes to dispose of the carcasses of poultry ordered to be destroyed due to its possible infection with avian flu; if such carcasses will be transported to Germany for incineration; the facilities that exist at present here for the incineration of such carcasses; if such facilities as exist at present here have the...

Animal and Plant Diseases. (15 Nov 2005)

Mary Upton: ...the role of the Department of Agriculture and Food in this area, my question relates to the need for an overall co-ordinating biosecurity unit. This was prompted by the concerns surrounding avian flu and its implications for public health, trade, foreign travel and agriculture. Who will take the lead in setting up a co-ordinating biosecurity unit? If someone has a broad question, to which...

Agri-food Sector: Motion. (1 Feb 2005)

Mary Upton: ...attempt to trace which Department one should refer to with regard to labelling aspects of foodstuffs. Very often it takes a crisis of some kind for progress on these reports. The outbreak of avian flu in Asia prompted the then Minister to insist on country of origin labelling for all poultry, whether sold loose or prepacked. Deputy Naughten already referred to this. It was possible to...

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (17 May 2005)

Mary Upton: ...origin are those most likely to cause concern from a food safety point of view and economically. The recent lessons of the foot and mouth disease outbreak in 2001, BSE and, most recently, avian 'flu are stark examples of how animal diseases and illnesses can impact on human health and on the economy. These diseases have not gone away. We must be constantly vigilant to ensure we remain...