Irish MEPs are returning to Brussels this week to push for stricter food safety measures under the Mercosur trade deal. They want to ensure products meet EU standards and do not contain illegal or harmful growth promoters. The deal was provisionally approved by EU member states last week.
Around, 27,000 people attended a community protest against the deal in Athlone on Saturday. Independent Ireland MEP Ciarán Mullooly says he will call on colleagues to remove South American meat imports as part of the agreement:
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