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    Beef Industry

    Beef Industry

    Well the economic fall-out from the horsemeat controversy has started in earnest as the fast food giant Burger King has pulled out of a contract with Silvercrest meats reported to be worth €30 million. The Co Monaghan plant employs 112 people locally and the contract represented 8,000 tonnes of its 15,000 tonne product. So has the government acted quickly enough to clarify the facts surrounding the provinence of the burger meat and what will all this mean for those employed with Silvercrest... Pat was joined by the Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Food Simon Coveney.

    http://www.rte.ie/radio1/today-with-pat-kenny/programmes/2013/0124/364263-today-with-pat-kenny-thursday-24th-january-2013/?clipid=982120
    Horsmeat Controversy

    Horsmeat Controversy

    The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, has said the licensing system for horses has to be 'radically changed'.Mr Coveney said the system whereby seven individual bodies currently issue horse passports would have to end. He said this would be replaced by one body overseen by the Department of Agriculture. His comments came after an inspection at Ossory Meats in Banagher, Co Offaly found that 25 horses presented for slaughter had irregularities relating to their passport and microchip identification. Joining Myles from Kilkenny was James Murphy IFA Chairman of the Horse Project team.

    http://www.rte.ie/radio1/today-with-pat-kenny/programmes/2013/0315/376816-today-with-pat-kenny-friday-15-march-2013/?clipid=1031323

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