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Written question asked by Lord Blencathra (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 February 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 March 2017. It was answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative) on Tuesday, 28 February 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Wines: Testing

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many bottles of wine were sampled by the Food Standards Agency from each EU country in each of the last five years.

Answer

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) samples wine on risk basis and based on intelligence received from other Government departments or authorities in member states.

The FSA takes two bottles of a particular wine during sampling exercises. The information of number of bottles sampled from European Union countries is shown in the following table.

Italy

Germany

United Kingdom

France

Spain

2012

10

-

-

-

-

2013

16

-

-

-

-

2014

28

2

2

-

-

2015

100

-

12

2

4

2016

72

-

6

4

4


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL5553
Session
2016-17
Related items
Wines: Testing
Monday, 20 March 2017
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
EU countries Imports Food Standards Agency Testing Wines
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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