Slaughterhouses

Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 8 April 2014.

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Photo of Mike Freer Mike Freer Conservative, Finchley and Golders Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will review the reporting of the mis-stunning of animals before slaughter by the Food Standards Agency to ensure that the way in which the data are collected provides as accurate a picture as possible of the real situation.

Photo of George Eustice George Eustice The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Official veterinarians of the Food Standards Agency report centrally all cases of non-compliances with the welfare at slaughter regulations. This data provide an accurate picture of welfare breaches at slaughterhouses.

The welfare at time of killing regulations will come into force next month and we will keep the effectiveness of monitoring and enforcement at slaughterhouses under review.

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