Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding his Department's checking of milk testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21979/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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In response to a commitment made by the Government in the Social Partnership Agreement, Towards 2016, my Department extended its monitoring and cross checking of the milk testing regime from 1st April 2008. This followed extensive consultations with the farming organisations and representatives of the milk processing industry. To ensure there is transparency in the milk testing procedures, as guaranteed under the Partnership Agreement, the findings of these inspections are published on the Department's website. The range of these findings has been very satisfactory to date.