The department said its agents also seized $850,000 that would have been used to finance the export scheme.
Is there a need to re-examine any of the four Scientific Steering Committee opinions directly related to the scientific rationale of the date-based export scheme?
Is the date-based export scheme satisfactory with regard to the safety of meat and meat products concerned?
However, I would like to make very clear that there is no question of re-writing the date-based export scheme.
Most of them are a request for information as to how the date-based export scheme actually operates, both on a practical level and on a technical level.
They are related to the date-based export scheme itself.
They are not a replacement or a supplement needed for the date-based export scheme.
In relation to the date-based export scheme, of course I endorse it.
Let me repeat that it is not my intention to put forward any legislation to amend the date-based export scheme which itself is the subject of legislation.
Efforts have subsequently focused on additional reassurances and clarifications on the provisions of the date-based export scheme.