By Gery Flynn and Gillian Mills

The Irish Salmon Growers Association has lashed out at what it describes as the “dismissal on a technicality” of legal proceedings against a seafood processor charged with falsely declaring and selling Scottish farmed salmon as wild Irish salmon.

This charge refers to the second of two cases taken within a week by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) against well-known seafood processors and retailers, Wrights of Howth.

First case
A statement from the FSAI referring to the first case heard on March 18 and 19 expressed ‘satisfaction with the outcome of legal proceedings in relation to Wrights of Howth, Galway Ltd of Unit 2, Galway Harbour Enterprise Park.’

It notes that ‘after a partial hearing’ before Judge Aingeal Ní Chondúin in Dublin District Court ‘when authorised officers from the FSAI and the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority gave evidence, Wrights of Howth, Galway Ltd entered a plea of guilty to all seven summonses on which they were charged.’

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