Irish flags, foreign food: TDs say busy shoppers can’t trust what’s on the shelfMisleading labelling described as ‘abuse’ in Oireachtas hearingAontú TD Paul Lawless was among the TD hurled a series of questions at Bord Bia, representatives from the Department of Agriculture and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland at the meeting of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee. Ciaran Moran Today at 08:05For decades, shoppers been bombarded with green, white and orange packaging of various sorts with logos and promises of “Irish” on the shelf, but a tense Oireachtas hearing last week laid bare just how hard it can be to know what’s really in your basket.

Source: Irish Independent February 13, 2026 10:06 UTC