Written question asked by Countess of Mar (Crossbench) on Wednesday, 20 June 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 July 2018. It was answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 July 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Local Government: Laboratories
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government which body is responsible for ensuring that local authority staff carrying out official controls to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules have access to an adequate laboratory capacity for testing.
- Answer
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In the United Kingdom, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the body responsible for animal health and welfare rules. The Food Standards Agency is the responsible body for food and feed law. Both Government bodies are responsible for ensuring the staff carrying out official controls have access to adequate laboratory capacity.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL8827
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Animal welfare Animal feed Food Local government Testing Laboratories
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- 2018-07-03 13:05:22 +0100
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