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Written question asked by Daniel Zeichner (Labour) on Friday, 5 March 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 March 2021. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Monday, 15 March 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Poultry Meat: Salmonella

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many food alerts were issued on salmonella in chicken in each month in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021.

Answer

The number of product recall information notice (PRIN) alerts published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) because of salmonella contamination in chicken products in each month in 2020 and 2021 is shown in the following table:

Month

Number of FSA PRINs published

January 2020

0

February 2020

0

March 2020

0

April 2020

0

May 2020

0

June 2020

0

July 2020

0

August 2020

1

September 2020

0

October 2020

2

November 2020

0

December 2020

1

January 2021

0


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
163702
Session
2019-21
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Salmonella Poultry meat
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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