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Written question asked by Chris Loder (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 September 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 September 2021. It was answered by Baroness Prentis of Banbury (Conservative) on Friday, 24 September 2021 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Slaughterhouses

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission the Foods Standards Agency to undertake a survey on methods of slaughter earlier than 2022 as planned.

Answer

Defra has been working with the Food Standards Agency on the design of a slaughter survey to take place in February 2022. The timing of the survey has been carefully selected to represent a typical week for the meat processing industry, avoiding religious festivals, and for consistency with the previous survey.

This timescale also reflects the intention to build bespoke data collection and analysis software to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the survey. It is our plan to collect data on a more regular basis in future and the new software will enable us to do this.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
50764
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Food Standards Agency Slaughterhouses
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk