Offal worth up to €800m is exported annually by the meat industry, and farmers want a fair share of the returns

Offal worth up to €800m is exported annually by the meat industry, and farmers want a fair share of the returns.

Information given by Agriculture Minister Michael Creed in the Dáil last week indicated that annual offal exports in 2018 were worth €395.4m from the beef industry €123.4m from the pig industry, €184.7m from the poultry industry, €11m from the sheepmeat industry, and €5m from the fish industry.