UCD associate professor of public health, Dr Patrick Wall , is quoted in the Irish media today saying that the Food Safety Authority of Ireland's role in uncovering the presence of horse DNA in products labelled as beef should be acknowledged.
" while the authority had been criticised in some quarters in the early stages of the crisis it had "uncovered a huge, Europe-wide scam. If it had not been for the FSAI this could have gone unchecked for years and it has set the standard others across Europe will have to follow".