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
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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
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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
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-
-
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2013
16
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-
-
2014
28
2
2
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-
2015
100
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12
2
4
2016
72
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6
4
4
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL5553
- Session
- 2016-17
- Related items
- Subjects
- EU countries Imports Food Standards Agency Testing Wines
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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