Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 390: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of beef, lamb, pig meat or poultry imports; if any product was re-labelled and re-marketed as Irish produce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31929/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The following imports of meats into this country over the past three years from both EU and non-EU countries have been recorded:

Responsibility for the enforcement of general food labelling legislation, including country of origin, rests with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), a body under the aegis of the Minister for Health. This is achieved through service contracts between the FSAI and the relevant agencies including the Health Service Executive, the Local Authority Veterinary Service, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and my Department. This Department carries out checks under the poultry meat marketing standards regulations, including checks on labelling, at retail and wholesale premises. In 2010 a total of 1160 inspections were carried out and in a total of 7 cases, disposal orders were issued for major non-compliance with the marketing standards.