Irish MEPs are returning to Brussels this week to push for stricter food safety measures under the Mercosur trade deal.
They want to ensure products meet EU standards and do not contain illegal or harmful growth promoters.
The deal was provisionally approved by EU member states last week.
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Independent Ireland MEP Ciarán Mullooly says he will call on colleagues to remove South American meat imports as part of the agreement. He is also calling on EU Commissioner for Democracy Michael McGrath to intervene and block any move to advance the Mercosur deal without parliamentary approval.
Meanwhile, a petition signed by more than 30,000 people opposing the EU Mercosur trade deal is being delivered to the European Commission today.
