Many of you might be thinking of tucking into a delicious
Irish breakfast over the weekend. But how confident are you that the sausages
and black and white puddings that you eat are actually Irish? You may think from their
labels that they’re Irish, but it may be the case that the ingredients used in
them come from another country. Well the European Parliament wants an end to
this practice. In a vote on Thursday, MEPs renewed calls for mandatory country of
origin labelling of meat and milk. They say mandatory labelling would help
improve consumer confidence in food products by making the food supply chain
more transparent. The Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan now explains.
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