Not the full Irish - Katy McGuinness explores the true origins of 'Irish' foods

Weekend food writer Katy McGuinness caught the nation's attention when she highlighted that chicken marked 'made in Co Wicklow' in fact came from Holland. Here, she explores the true origins of some 'Irish' poultry, pork, fish and honey…

There's confusion as to the origin of the food that we eat.

It all started with a packet of sliced chicken… Last autumn, in the course of researching an article that I was writing about food labelling in Ireland, I paid a visit to my local supermarket looking for examples of packaging that I felt might be misleading to consumers.

One of the packets that caught my eye was one of Henry Denny & Sons Slow Cooked Chicken, four slices of cooked, roasted and sliced formed chicken breast.