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Chairman Angus Woods said the
IFA National Livestock latest
from DG Sante
report proves
that Brazil is still failing to meet EU standards on beef. He said the FVO report
is very clear in highlight- ing the fact
that Brazil
is in total breach of EU regulations by allowing factory staff carry out post-mortem inspections for beef exported into Eu- rope. He said this would be illegal in the EU. Angus Woods said the EU Commissioner
for
Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis can- not allow the Commission to continue to ‘bury their
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heads in the sand and ig- nore the findings of their vets on the failures of Bra- zil to meet EU standards’. In addition, he said this
report should be another wake-up call for Commis- sioner Malmstrom to im- mediately withdraw beef from the Mercosur nego- tiations.
Angus Woods said the
FVO reports states that out of the 53 beef plants cleared for export to the EU,
the Brazilians have
only 187 official veteri- nary staff and 761 fac- tory
staff performing
post-mortem inspections for beef exports to Eu- rope. The
report also highlights that these staff
are paid directly by the factories, many which were involved in the high profile Weak Flesh cor- ruption scandal last year. The FVO report also highlights the breach in EU regulations in Brazil over their failure to prop- erly de-list non-compliant meat plants. Angus Woods said this report
latest from Bra-
zil is a follow up on the 2017 FVO report which exposed the failure of the official controls on beef by Brazilian authorities. The EU Commission has completed its latest audit and found that ‘tar- gets were not met in cer- tain States’.
IFA Raises Inspections Concerns At Farmers’ Charter Meeting
IFA Deputy President
Richard Kennedy told a recent Charter of Farm- ers’ Rights meeting in Portlaoise that
and effective procedures to
complaints in relation to problem inspections. He
said concerns
raised recently surround- ing inspections strongly point to the need for a confidential complaints procedure
so farmers
can raise concerns with- out fear of intimidation. Richard Kennedy said
it is vitally important that Minister Creed ensures that the integrity of the Farmers’ Charter and the inspection regime is not undermined in a rel- atively small number of cases where farmers are
the De-
partment of Agriculture must
introduce proper deal with farmers’
being unfairly treated. The
President also told the meeting that
IFA Deputy Minister
Creed and the Depart- ment must examine the inspection and penalty system and introduce a more effective and farm- er friendly close out ap- proach which gives them an opportunity to rectify non-compliances
with-
out incurring a penalty. He said this is a basic right afforded across so- ciety and direct payment schemes operated by the Department of Agricul- ture should be no differ- ent.
On payments, Rich-
ard Kennedy said it is important that there is no hold up in payments in 2018, “With pay- ments for ANCs due on the third week of Sep-
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tember, including the additional €25m secured by the IFA, and the BPS due in the first week of October, any delay in payments would cause significant hardship on farmers.” IFA made a case that
Minister Creed needs to insist that the first ad- vance payment from the EU is at the higher level of 75% and 85% for the Rural Development Pro- gramme. In relation to GLAS,
the IFA said there can be no repeat of the pay- ment delays that have mired the scheme over the last two years. He said the
Department
have been well warned on GLAS payment de- lays and these will not be tolerated in 2018/2019.
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Sheep Farmers Resisting Price Pressure From Factories
IFA National Sheep
Chairman Sean Den- nehy said farmers are resisting price
pres-
sure from the factories this week with €5.90/ kg common and some farmers getting €6.00/ kg.
He said farmers are
still counting the cost of the difficult spring and there is no doubt that lamb numbers will be tighter this year with farmers reporting very poor weaning figures and higher loses than previously thought. This follows similar trends in Northern Ireland and the UK. He said this should
help stabilise the lamb
price with supplies still very
tight and good
market demand. In ad- dition, he said sheep prices worldwide are the highest they have been for some time and there does not seem to be an- ything on the horizon to upset this trend. Sean Dennehy said
the Board Bia and su- permarket
promotions
are in full swing and the Eid festival in August is getting closer. He said farmers are reminded to only
sell
lambs when fit and not to sell underweight or under fleshed lambs.
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