Roger T. Garland
Ceist:96 Mr. Garland asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will outline the scientific data on which ERAD bases its opinion that the spreading of blood on land is not a significant cause of disease among animals, domestic or wild; his views on whether the distinction between blood and other tissue is academic in the context of the slaughterhouse environment; his views on whether this distinction creates a loophole which is wide open to abuse; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is not unknown for other tissues, for example eyes, to be found on occasion on the roadside where blood is being spread; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
