Consumers advised to purchase only correctly-labelled Irish beef

CONSUMERS should be vigilant this year and only buy correctly-labelled Irish beef and lamb, the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA), president Malcolm Thompson has advised.

“There is plenty of Brazilian beef around, and unfortunately, plenty of unscrupulous people intent on passing it off as Irish,” he said.

Mr Thompson said any restaurant without the country of origin of their beef clearly indicated is breaking the law.