Comments on: The Great Irish Pork Recall

By: Ummera

Ummera — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:38:04 +0000

The problem is not just confined to the small producers, Quin.
The big ones who, through no fault of their own, are paying a drastic price for the premature action by Government in elevating what was a very serious incident, and no one should doubt that, but it was not life threatening as many health agencies around the world have agreed.
It comes of no surprise that governments from many countries around the world are saying that the Irish Government took the correct action. Of course they would say that, wouldn’t they.
I have not heard – as yet – anyone from the FSAI or Government explain why, if it was not a health hazard, they launched this nationwise (and now international) recall.
To say that it was to ensure the credibility of the Irish meat industry cross the world is humbug. I hope that someone very, very soon will admit that they got it wrong.
But they won’t. They are politicians and civil servants, tarred with the same brush that covers up the truth……..
Best stop now!

By: Quin

Quin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:46:55 +0000

I’m shocked by how our gov is handling this one.
During a recession, in the lead up to Christmas. They haven’t just shot small pork processors in the foot. They’ve amputated the whole leg.

By: Peter Kelly

Peter Kelly — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:33:28 +0000

I also can’t understand why the recall did not exclude smaller organic producers who could confirm that their pigmeat sources were clean. But what I would also like to know is what other nasty stuff goes legally into our pigs–antibiotics and God knows what else–and whether organic producers use these too, and whether other countries’ pigmeat industries do.

By: Cheese sandwiches for school today « Food Culture West Cork

Cheese sandwiches for school today « Food Culture West Cork — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:18:12 +0000

[...] But I know this recall isn’t really about health, if dioxins had such an immediate and traceable effect they’d block our chimneys and ban cigarettes entirely. It’s about the meat industry again and it’s about pressure for cheap food, costs and shortcuts again, it’s about consumer confidence in the supermarket aisles and protecting the big bacon players, many of whom are actually selling imported meat. Oh the irony! But as usual those hardest hit will be the small processors and farmers who will find it hard to sustain the blow of this overreactive blanket ban – Anthony Creswell at Ummera Smoked Products has a great post on this [...]

By: Conor O'Neill

Conor O'Neill — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:10:31 +0000

The more we learn about this story the more the bureaucratic incompetence is laid bare. If Mary Harney is looking for a few million for the HPV vaccine I can think of a few state bodies which can safely be recalled/culled along with the pork.