Farmers say a recall of Brazillian beef from EU markets raises very serious questions about its production standards.
The recall follows the discovery of hormones in beef exported from Brazil to the EU.
It coincides with a report on the findings of an IFA /Irish Farmers Journal investigation on production standards for Brazilian beef.
IFA President Francie Gorman says the recall and the report’s findings have to be ‘a serious wake up call’ for what he describes as ‘the cheerleaders’ pushing for the Mercosur trade deal.
He says; “This was randomly discovered, to be clear, and it shows that the controls which we were told were in place are not, and I think when you see recall/recalls are the last resort, they’re gold standard in public health protection and I think it alone demonstrates that the assurances will never be in place and this beef needs to be stopped coming into the EU as a matter of urgency”.
