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Chicken

Tuesday 29th January

When was the last time you ate an Irish-produced chicken? Or do you know? The low-priced meat most of us buy – especially in restaurants and cafes – is often of mysterious origin and quality. Chicken is the most popular meat in Ireland, and on average each of us eats about 30kg of it in a year. But while we tuck into our lunchtime chicken-pesto wrap, we’re usually unaware that the meat inside is most likely to have come from Thailand or Eastern Europe. Suzanne Campbell, food author and journalist, joined Pat this morning.

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/today-with-pat-kenny/programmes/2013/0129/365045-today-with-pat-kenny-tuesday-29th-january-2013/?clipid=986410

Fish Fraud

Thursday 18th April

Figures from Bord Bia show that Irish people are eating more fish. Particularly hake, with 3 million euro spent on it last year. Globally consumption of fish and seafood per person is also rising steeply - but research also reveals that much of what gets sold turns out to be not as described on the packet. Our recent horsemeat scandal revealed how processed meat can get mislabelled in a complicated supply chain. But the worldwide trade in fish is also proving vulnerable to fraud. Food and farming journalist Suzanne Campbell joined Pat to talk more about the issue.

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/today-with-pat-kenny/programmes/2013/0418/382000-today-with-pat-kenny-thursday-18-april-2013/?clipid=1054167

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