ICSFA strongly objects to electronic sheep-tagging being introduced

THE Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSFA) has strongly objected to the introduction of electronic sheep-tagging.

ICSFA strongly objects to electronic sheep-tagging being introduced

Sheep Committee chairman Mervyn Sunderland and general secretary Eddie Punch said they made strong representations on the issue to European Commission officials at a meeting in Brussels.

Mr Sunderland said the whole electronic identification proposal was a knee-jerk response to the disastrous 2001 handling of the foot and mouth disease in Britain.

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