Food: Manufacturing Industries

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 15 June 2018.

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Photo of Greg Knight Greg Knight Conservative, East Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve public trust in the food system as a result of breaches of food safety rules at meat processing factories; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Steve Brine Steve Brine The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care

In response to the incidents identified in meat processing factories the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) announced a full review of cutting plants and cold stores handling meat in February 2018. The terms of reference for this review were published in March 2018 outlining the scope, objectives, deliverables, approach and timescales for this review, and on 6 June 2018 the review published an interim update in the form of a FSA Board paper on findings to date. A copy of the Board paper is attached.

The review will submit a final report to the FSA and FSS Boards which will make recommendations to improve levels of public confidence in the safety and authenticity of United Kingdom meat and identify potential improvements in the way in which the sector is regulated.

PQ152668 attached document (PDF Document, 712.96 KB)

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