date:May 23, 2013
prices.
As an industry we can waste time arguing over technical differences in Quality Assurance (QA) standards and compliance with retailer-imposed labelling regulations. However, this will do nothing to develop Irish or British agriculture.
Classing finished cattle with full birth to beef traceability as nomadic solely on the basis of labelling issues is not reasonable in the culture of a single market. Similarly, blaming cheap Irish cheese imports for driving down domestic prices is equally