IFA unhappy with pigmeat labelling

Compulsory country-of-origin labelling for pigmeat products must be introduced under the review of labelling legislation currently being considered for beef, according to the IFA.

Pigs Committee chairman Pat O’Keeffe said the IFA held meetings with consumer representatives and Government agencies late last year.

This was to highlight the serious anomalies in the labelling legislation, which does not require the country of origin to be put on pork and bacon products, but allows imported product to be processed, repackaged and sold off as Irish.