Over one-third of pig meat products sold in food services sector not Irish

The traditional full-Irish breakfast may not be entirely Irish.

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is asking businesses in the food services sector to “step up to the mark” and procure more from Irish farmers as a new analysis shows that more than one in three pigmeat products could not be traced back to farms in Ireland.

On Wednesday, the IFA released the results of its Irish Foodservice DNA Verified Survey for 2022 which looked into whether pigmeat products sold in different sectors in Ireland come from Irish farms.