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Written question asked by Daniel Zeichner (Labour) on Friday, 19 June 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 June 2020. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Monday, 13 July 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Meat: Inspections

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of (a) cysticercus tenuicollis, (b) cysticercus ovis, (c) hydatid cysts and (d) generalised cysticecus ovis were identified at official post mortem inspection and prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for and on behalf of the Food Standards Agency performing meat inspections from 1 January 2014 to 1 June 2018.

Answer

The Food Standards Agency holds the following data. For the period 1 January 2014 – 31 June 2018 the following instances were identified at post-mortem and prevented from entering the food chain:

Condition

Number of Instances

Cysticercus Tenuicollis

4,544,896

Cysticercus Ovis

480,038

Hydatid Cysts

115,844

Generalised Cysticecus Ovis

5,946

Prior to 2016, the data for Cysticercus Ovis was not separated between generalised C. ovis and localised C. ovis. The 225,251 instances between the period 1 April 2014 and 31 December 2015 have been included in the 480,038 figure.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
61725
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Inspections Disease control Meat Tapeworms
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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