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Animal Slaughtering Standards

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 April 2019

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Questions (450)

Denis Naughten

Question:

450. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 957, 959 and 962 of 26 March 2019, when his Department took the decision to no longer review or facilitate the appeal of a grade in view of previous commitments by his officials to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine; the reason his Department no longer facilitates such reviews of grades; if he will review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17839/19]

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Written answers

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1184 of 20 April 2017 governs the monitoring of carcase classification, carcase presentation and weighing.

The role of my Department is clearly defined in the legislation in terms of monitoring and supervision of classification, weights and carcase presentation.

This legislation does not provide for, nor did it ever provide for, any review mechanism by the competent authority in relation to the classification of carcasses by mechanical grading machines.  Prior to the introduction of mechanical grading in 2002/2003, it was possible to appeal manual grades. This facility remains under current legislation for manual grading but not for mechanical grading.

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