Animal Feedstuffs.

Thursday, 18 December 2008

Questions (339)

Sean Sherlock

Question:

339 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if on foot of the recent crisis in the pig producing sector rigorous testing of feedstuffs supplied to both the beef and pork sector will be carried out going forward; the proposed schedule for such testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47532/08]

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Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Deputy Brendan Smith)

My Department is engaged, in conjunction with a number of other State Agencies, in an ongoing overall review of activities associated with the recent dioxin incident and this review will include the Department's annual feed control programme. I will also be briefing my EU colleagues at this weeks council in Brussels.