Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 February 2024
276. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide full citations, including the publication details, for recent studies which are referred to in the product specification of the application to register the PGI Grass Fed Beef made by his Department to the Commission in 2020. [6995/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe full citations, including publication details, for recent studies which are referred to in the product specification for the PGI for Grass Fed Beef that was submitted by my Department to the European Commission in 2020 are as follows:
French, P., Stanton, C., Lawless, F., O’Riordan, E.G., Monahan, F.J., Caffrey P.J., Molony, A.P., (2000). ‘Fatty acid composition, including conjugated linoleic acid, of intramuscular fat from steers offered grazed grass, grass silage, or concentrate-based diets’. Journal of Animal Science, 78, 2849-2855.
McAfee, A.J., McSorley E.M., Cuskelly G.J., Fearon A.M., Moss B.W., Beattie J.A., Wallace J.M., Bonham M.P., Strain J.J. (2011). ‘Red meat from animals offered a grass diet increases plasma and platelet n-3 PUFA in healthy consumers’. British Journal of Nutrition, 105(1), pp. 80-89.
Moloney, A.P., McElhinney C., O’ Riordan E.G., Monahan F.J., Richardson R.I. (2018). ‘Colour and sensory characteristics of longissimus muscle from grass-fed or concentrate-fed heifers’. Grassland Science in Europe, 23, pp. 758-760.
Siphambili, S., Moloney, A.P., O'Riordan E.G., McGee M., Monahan F.J. (2020). ‘The effects of graded levels of concentrate supplementation on colour and lipid stability of beef from pasture finished late-maturing bulls’. Animal, 14(3), pp. 656-666.
Steen. R.W.J., Lavery, N.P., Kilpatrick, D.J., Porter, M.G. (2003). ‘Effects of pasture and high-concentrate diets on the performance of beef cattle, carcass composition at equal growth rates, and the fatty acid composition of beef’. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 46(2), pp. 69-81.
