334. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the Food Safety Authority has carried out any testing on beef that has been imported from South America in each of the past five years; if so, to publish the result of that testing; and if not, the reason, given the EU is about to ban Brazilian beef. [38520/26]

As this question relates to operational matters within the remit of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), I have requested that the FSAI respond directly to the Deputy.