‘Consumers have a right to know’: lack of traceability criticised over Brazilian hormone beef

Food Safety Authority of Ireland chief told Dáil committee none of the beef remained on the market by the time it was notified, and believed it had already been eaten by consumers

Roscommon-Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice said the traceability should also extend towards the seller's end of the supply chain for imported meat.

It’s likely
Brazilian meat containing hormones, which was sold in Ireland, had already been eaten by the time the alarm was raised here.

Speaking at the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee last week, Food Safety Authority of Ireland chief executive Greg Dempsey confirmed inspectors believed none remained on the market by the time they were notified.