Report states an absence of data has limited the independent examination of beef prices
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue on a recent visit to Carndonagh Mart with beef farmer Alan McLaughlin. The Minister said he hoped the work of the Beef Taskforce will be carried forward by the new Office of the National Food Ombudsman or regulator.
The value of beef animals for slaughter in Ireland between 2018 and 2019 was estimated at €2.1bn exclusive of VAT and the value of the sale of beef products from Ireland at €2.9bn in Grant Thornton’s independent examination of price composition.
Sales are €2.7bn excluding prepared or preserved products (which may be double-counted). The business services company said an absence of data limited their analysis in this report, which is one of three commissioned by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine as part of the Beef Taskforce’s work.
