IFA claims dioxin report vindicates traceability systems on farms

THE traceability systems on farms have been robustly vindicated by the report of the Oireachtas Agriculture and Food Committee report on last year’s dioxin crisis, the Irish Farmers Association has claimednoted.

IFA Pigs Committee vice chairman Pat O’Flaherty said pig and poultry farmers were very disappointed , however, that the Committee did not call for “Country of Origin” labelling.

“Products from third world countries with lower production standards, and ultimately lower production costs, were undermining Irish products.