Eamon Gilmore
Question:159 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the Government’s response to the three questions submitted by the European Commission to the UK authorities on 12 July 2006 on practices in the dairy sector in the UK and which were then submitted to other EU member states for response; her view of the divergence of opinion (details supplied) between the European Commission and the UK authorities subsequent to the exposure of the findings of a UK Food Standards Agency inspection mission carried out on 9 June 2006 in a UK dairy establishment, which is suspected of placing on the Community market large volume of cheese and cheese curd made from raw material unfit for human consumption; her further views on whether there are implications arising from this exposure for Irish consumers and for industrial concerns here; if her attention has been drawn to establishments here which might be processing distressed milk into cheese curd or cheese cleaning; if her further attention has been drawn to Irish companies participating in the trade of waste, contaminated cheese, reclaim milk from milk collectors and milk-processing establishments industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32896/06]
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