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Joanne Newtown explains the work of Irish Seed Savers to Pippa Hackett, Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, during her visit to the site as part of the celebrations for the United Nations Food and Agriculture ‘International Year of Plant Health’.
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Hackett cool on meat regulator, saying government can’t control price of beef
June 26, 2021
THE government can’t control beef prices for farmers, according to Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Pippa Hackett.
Senator Hackett, who is a beef suckler and sheep farmer, supports better labelling for grass-fed produced beef because she believes consumers are entitled to know how an animal was reared, on pasture or in a shed, and how it was slaughtered.
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May 27, 2021 12:54 pm
The impending National Food Ombudsman will operate “within existing failing frameworks”, according to Cork South-West TD Holly Cairns.
There have been numerous calls for a beef regulator “with teeth”, along with concerns by many that the Food Ombudsman will not give enough sectoral focus to address issues in the beef industry.
Yesterday (Wednesday, May 26), deputy Carol Nolan and her independent rural TD colleagues brought forward the Independent Beef Regulator private members motion.
The motion seeks for the government to “accept that existing regulatory and competition protections have proven themselves to be manifestly inadequate”, among other things.
Also yesterday, the public consultation on the primary legislation needed to establish a new Office of a National Food Ombudsman or regulator closed.