"Black market demand" for vet meds could threaten food standards
The Oireachtas joint committee has raised its concern around the “possible impact of cross-border trade” as a result of the bill, among other issues.
Failure to align the prescribing and dispensing regimes on both sides of the border, could "threaten" Irish food quality standards, a new report has warned.
In addition, the Oireachtas joint committee on agriculture, food and the marine report said that the all-Ireland animal health strategy advocated by the Department of Agriculture and farming bodies “will otherwise be undermined due to the inevitable, unnecessary and damaging black market for veterinary medicines that will evolve”.
