Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 April 2013
1037. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has ordered any reviews of regulation regarding the mislabelling of fish following the UCD report which revealed that 28% of products labelled as cod in an Irish DNA study, contained substitutes [16939/13]
Amharc ar fhreagra1038. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the horse meat in beef controversy, the status of our fish industry in relation to labelling and traceability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16940/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1037 and 1038 together.
My colleague, the Minister for Health has overall responsibility for the general food labelling legislation.
The Irish seafood industry comes under general food labelling legislation, including Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 (General Food Law) and Directive 2000/13/EC (labelling requirements for pre-packaged foods), which prohibit the misleading of consumers with food labels. These rules have been enhanced with the recent adoption of Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers. The new Regulation extends explicit compulsory origin.
