Walsh attacks traceability inspectorate

A SENIOR farming leader has alleged widespread non-compliance with the statutory regulation on traceability of food sources, and has called for the transfer of the SFP inspectorate to monitor food labelling compliance.

IFA President Padraig Walsh has alleged there is a compliance rate of less than one-third with the requirement for source of origin labelling on all meat products in retail outlets which became law in 2006.

Speaking at the AGM of Limerick County IFA, he called for the transfer of SFP inspectors to monitor compliance instead of spending up to four and a half days on individual farms completing a report which has become a nightmare of bureaucracy.