THE proprietor of the Organic Shop in the English Market in Cork accused the Department of Agriculture and Food of having sinister motives for the way in which it prosecuted him.

CONSUMERS buying organic food should insist on proof that they are paying for the real thing, according to Food Minister Brendan Smith.

A SHOPOWNER convicted of labelling chicken as organic when it was not has been accused of disgracing his fellow traders in Cork’s English Market.

DOZENS of turkeys, geese and ducks, for sale on the lucrative Christmas market, were seized by Department of Agriculture officials from two Cork city premises after they were found to be incorrectly labelled.