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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.


Food: Safety

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many food samples each local authority submitted to a Public Analyst in 2016–17; how many of those samples were part of (1) the Food Standards Agency’s nationally co-ordinated food sampling programme, and (2) the local authority’s own programme.

Answer

A table showing the number of food samples each local authority submitted to a Public Analyst laboratory in 2016/17, as reported to the Food Standards Agency on the United Kingdom Food Surveillance System, is attached due to the size of the data. Of the 13,362 reported, 2,857 (21%) were part of a nationally coordinated sampling programme with the remaining 10,505 (79%) being part of local programmes.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL8828
Session
2017-19
Attachment
Food samples submitted to Public Analyst Labs
Subjects
Food Food Standards Agency Local government Safety Testing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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