Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will publish the results of the poultry meat analyses carried out in November 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3902/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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I assume that the Deputy is referring to analyses conducted during 2009 in relation to the gas flushing of imported poultry meat.

Following receipt of the final elements of the results of these tests my Department has been in discussion with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland about the matter. The FSAI have organised a Forum, to be held on 2 February, for all interested stakeholders and invitations have issued.

In this context, the FSAI circulated best practice guidelines to retailers on the setting of use-by dates for poultry taken from opened gas-flushed packs during 2009.