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Thursday, 19 April 2018

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Monitoring of Food Safety Standards

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department will assess the risks to the food chain, consumer health and the value and reputation of Irish agricultural exports in view of the fact that An Bord Pleanála has approved a company's (details supplied) application for an incinerator at a location; the way in which his Department and the Food Safety Authority will measure the effects on food safety caused by the incineration of toxic waste in the Golden Vale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17211/18]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Ensuring the highest standards of food safety, consumer protection, animal and plant health is a key function of my Department.  An integral element of this responsibility is the implementation of the national control plan whose primary objective is to ensure that feed and food is safe.  This multi-annual national control plan (MANCP), is produced in conjunction with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), and contains details of the control systems in place for food, feed, animal health, animal welfare and plant health.  While these control systems are implemented by a number of Departments and agencies, the FSAI - which comes under the remit of the Department of Health - is the competent authority with overall responsibility for the enforcement of food legislation.  This responsibility is managed through contractual arrangements with the relevant agencies, including my Department.

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