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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 6 Feb 1997

Vol. 474 No. 5

Written Answers. - Meat and Bonemeal Feed Compounds.

Joe Walsh

Question:

81 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the number of positive samples of mammalian/avian meat and bonemeal that have been found in bovine feed compounds during 1996; and the dates and location in each case. [3372/97]

The following table, which covers all ruminant feeds, sets out the positive results at compound feed premises and stores:

County

Number of positive samples

Date(s) of results

Cavan

7

February-November 1996

Cork

9

January-December 1996

Donegal

1

January 1996

Galway

1

January 1996

Kerry

5

January-November 1996

Kildare

3

January-October 1996

Kilkenny

1

November 1996

Laois

2

January 1996

Limerick

1

October 1996

Longford

4

January 1996

Louth

6

January-November 1996

Meath

4

January 1996

Monaghan

4

February-November 1996

Roscommon

4

January-December 1996

Westmeath

2

January 1996

Wexford

3

October-November 1996

Wicklow

1

November 1996

Total

58

At the time these samples were taken, the inclusion of material of poultry origin in ruminant feeds was not prohibited.
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