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Tuesday, 19 February 2019

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Bovine Disease Controls

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from TB programme defined feedlot herds in each of the years 2014 to 2018; his plans to differentiate beef produced from intensive feedlots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7899/19]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The following table gives the number of cattle slaughtered from TB programme defined feedlots in each of the years 2014 to 2018. My Department has no plans to differentiate beef produced from intensive feedlots.

-Animals slaughtered in EU approved plants, originating from TB restricted feedlot herds
2014161,172
2015198,202
2016237,816
2017263,157
2018294,811

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