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THE IRISH FARMERS Association says that half of pig meat tested in Ireland isn’t Irish.
The Association says findings from their DNA-testing programme on pigmeat shows that consumers “continue to be misled”.
They added that is a “very disappointing level of support for Irish pig producers”.
From almost 300 samples that have been collated and sent to DNA firm IdentiGen for cross-checking with the Irish boar DNA database, 52 per cent of products are not Irish, the IFA found.
The IFA research found that suppliers are using labelling that suggests that the meat is Irish when it is, in fact, imported.
One firm, the IFA says, is a member of the Love Irish Food campaign and uses that logo on imported pig meat.
Among the other findings are that one of Ireland’s two major indigenous retailers, Dunnes Stores, fares poorly in the test results for its own St.Bernard brand, with only half of its samples matching the Irish database.
IFA Pigs and Pigmeat Chairman Pat O’Flaherty said that the campaign was designed to better inform consumers.
“The idea behind this pilot campaign is to help consumers make informed decisions when buying pigmeat products and to increase the sales of Irish product in the domestic and export markets”.
Re: the Somalia story. It’s very depressing how most of the comments on that article are either demanding that his citizenship be revoked, or that he lose his job. After all, from what is in that article he was trying his best to fix a broken country and risked his life!
Yeah people are a bitter bunch alright some comments even wondered how his job was held for him while he was in somalia
Actually the Dow Jones was dropping as the President was speaking… not in the wake of his speech…nothing he said made that happen!
I watched his speech on CNN this evening . I thought he outlined his position clearly and that he had accepted that the measures which the US is about to take to help control their debt would not be enough as there hadnt been the political will in the city to go the full way and put through tougher measures. i would like to see some of the Irish politicians be as honest as I thought he was….
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