Regulator wants authority to force businesses to provide price and market information for reporting purposes
Agri-Food Regulator chairman Joe Healy told Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon in a letter earlier this month that additional powers were essential. Photograph: PA
In that submission, the board had recommended that the Minister introduce additional regulations as soon as possible, which would allow the regulator to compel businesses to provide price and market information as set out under legislation.McLaren sponsor Glanbia faces struggle convincing investors it can get back on track“The board are awaiting a formal response to the submission.
Earlier this week, Niamh Lenehan, chief executive of the Agri-Food regulator, said the board had sought an urgent meeting with the Minister. She said that as a result, a report on the horticulture sector using only publicly available data was now being finalised and would be published shortly on its website.
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