Quality label covers Irish food only

IN your editorial headlined ‘Credibility cannot be put at risk’ (May 9), you quote Richard Corrigan, referring to Bord Bia, as stating that “the board’s quality assurance scheme does not ensure products are Irish”.

I wish to refute this claim. In particular, I wish to reassure consumers that all products covered by Bord Bia’s quality schemes are sourced in their entirety from within the island of Ireland and are indeed clearly labelled to this effect.

Furthermore, it is represented in the editorial that “Bord Bia is prevented by EU law from promoting exclusively Irish produce in the domestic market”.