Controlling Meat Quality In Ireland

Question 1

Who enforces food safety within the meat sector?

Answer 1

The Department Of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Question 2

List the ways the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine ensure food safety within the meat sector
(6)

Answer 2

By enforcing European Legislation

By monitoring the use of antibiotics

By monitoring the use of growth promoters

By ensuring the maintenance of abattoirs and meat-processing factories

By testing animals routinely for diseases

By ensuring identification of livestock and traceability of meat

Question 3

What European Legislation is enforced by the department of agriculture, food and the marine?

Answer 3

Legislation regarding the import of foods of animal origin from outside the European Union

Question 4

What diseases are cattle tested for?

2

Answer 4

Tuberculosis

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)

Question 5

The use of what is monitored in cattle?

2

Answer 5

Antibiotics

Growth promoters

Question 6

What does the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine ensure the maintenance of?

Answer 6

Abattoirs and meat-processing factories