Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2018
966. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the failure of a salmon farm operator to notify his Department of an outbreak of disease as required by the licence conditions would preclude that operator from holding the organic status label. [24754/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraOrganic operators are required to implement systems to manage health and disease outbreaks in accordance with governing regulations. Such operators are also required to notify their relevant Organic Control Body of disease outbreaks including notification of treatments of stock.
Depending on the circumstances, any breach of such requirements may possibly impact on the organic certification of an organic operator. However, such breaches would have to be assessed on a case by case basis by the Organic Control Body in the first instance.
