WTO deal ‘threat to food safety’

CONSUMERS were warned yesterday that the proposed world trade deal being negotiated in Geneva poses a threat to food safety.

Fine Gael agriculture and food spokesman Michael Creed, TD, said Irish food producers have worked tirelessly and invested heavily to ensure that the food they produce is of the highest quality and fully traceable to source.

“The current trade deal on offer will mean that all their efforts will have been in vain as the European Union market will become fully exposed to imports from dollar-a-day economies, where hygiene, food safety and animal welfare are non-issues,” he said.