Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
1346. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manufactured beef products exported to the United States on an annual basis in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, by volume and value, in tabular form. [38455/17]
View answerThere are no manufactured beef products exported from Ireland to the USA as we do not have access for manufactured beef. Ireland enjoys access to the US market in respect of raw intact beef and beef intended for grinding (BIFG) where the plant of origin has the necessary approval. BIFG, also known as manufacturing beef, may go on to be assimilated into a manufactured beef product (e.g. beef burgers) once it is imported into the US but it is not exported as such a product. All meat plants approved for the export of beef are subject to audit by the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), a branch of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
