Every Little Helps?

Oh, of course, its Tesco's fault!

Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association beef section Head Honcho Edmond Phelan stated on RTE's Tuesday's Morning Ireland program ""If the major retailers, I mean they can't wash their hands of it either. If they want to buy food for practically nothing, they have to take some responsibility," ? ?

So, some quick-buck merchant in Monaghan gets a great deal from a "beef" supplier in Poland, doubles or trebles his profits by selling it practically straight from truck to table, and now, it's Tesco's (or some other major retailer's) fault?

Mr. Phelan also stated that yesterday's Joint Oireachtas Committee to discuss the findings of the Food Safety Authority "raised more questions than it answered". It does indeed Edmond.

Given that you cannot walk from Ballymote to Buninadden without stepping in multiple forms of bovine shite, why are the Irish beef factories who supply the retailers, buying "beef" from Poland? Most Irish and UK multiples insist, by contract, that all beef must be sourced in Ireland or the UK,

If the ICSA members want to sell their beef to the major retailers, at whatever price, that's their business. However, lads, try to make sure that they are getting what they pay for, eg beef, not some lazy Polish carthorse or homeless Finglas donkey.

Try shouldering that shovel Edmond, the Tesco hole is way too deep, filling it in is what should be on your mind.