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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, from which countries Britain imports meat from any species in respect of which the abattoirs do not comply precisely with EU requirements. - Inc ref to EC Directive 64/433/EEC. (Holding answer 1 July 1998).
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, from which countries Britain imports meat from any species in respect of which the abattoirs do not comply precisely with EU requirements. - Inc ref to EC Directive 64/433/EEC. (Holding answer 1 July 1998).
Asked by
Michael Jack
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Cunningham of Felling
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
24 June 1998
For answer on
6 July 1998
Answered on
6 July 1998
Mr. Jack: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from which countries Britain imports meat from any species in
respect of which the abattoirs do not comply precisely with EU requirements. [47854]
Dr. John Cunningham: [holding answer 1 July 1998]:
Controls on the hygienic production of fresh meat for sale for human consumption are set out in Council Directive 64/433/EEC. This
sets out the licensing, structural and veterinary supervision requirements to be applied in all abattoirs in all Member States.
Implementation of the requirements is a matter for each Member State. The European Commission is responsible for ensuring that all
Member States comply with their Community obligations in properly implementing and applying the Directive. The Directive applies
similar requirements on third country establishments wishing to export to the Community. These establishments are also inspected by
the Commission to ensure that they comply. They are approved on a Community basis, not by individual Member States.
Subjects
EU law; Food; Imports; Meat; Standards; Slaughterhouses; BSE
Date
6 July 1998
Reference
315 c414W; 47854
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Cunningham of Felling
(Labour)
Asked by
Huw Edwards
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, If he will comment on the problems facing beef farmers.
Subjects
Food; Labelling; Imports; Meat; Beef
Date
22 January 1998
Reference
304 c1127-8;304 c1130
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Cunningham of Felling
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Food; Labelling; Imports; Meat; Beef
Date
22 January 1998
Reference
304 c1127-8;304 c1130
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, If he will comment on the problems facing beef farmers.
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, If he will comment on the problems facing beef farmers.
Asked by
Huw Edwards
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Cunningham of Felling
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 December 1997
For answer on
22 January 1998
Answered on
22 January 1998
Subjects
Food; Labelling; Imports; Meat; Beef
Date
22 January 1998
Reference
304 c1127-8;304 c1130; 22305
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Statement on introduction of further controls on specified risk material in Great Britain; and their application to imports.
Statement on introduction of further controls on specified risk material in Great Britain; and their application to imports.
Asked by
Ian Gibson
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Cunningham of Felling
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 December 1997
For answer on
16 December 1997
Answered on
16 December 1997
Dr. Gibson: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will introduce further controls on specified risk
material in Great Britain; if they will apply to imports; and if he will make a statement. [21486]
Dr. John Cunningham: I received advice from the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) in May that our existing
controls on specified bovine material and heads of sheep and goats should be extended to cover the spleen of all sheep and goats and
the spinal cord of sheep and goats aged over 12 months or with one permanent incisor tooth erupted through the gum. In addition,
SEAC advised that all the controls should be applied to imports. I was pleased, therefore, when the European Commission adopted in
July Decision 97/534/EC which provides for Community-wide controls on the use and destruction of specified risk material (SRM) and
for controls on products of animal origin imported into the Community to ensure they are SRM-free. In reaching agreement on that
Decision I accepted that the Community-wide controls should take effect from 1 January 1998. However, it subsequently became clear
that the Decision would create serious practical difficulties, in particular for importers of pharmaceutical and medical products.
The Commission therefore proposed a new Decision to replace 97/534/EC which took account of these problems.
The Standing Veterinary Committee failed to agree on a new Decision to replace 97/534 but did agree to postpone its implementation
until 1 April 1998. As I have made clear previously, however, I am not prepared to tolerate any slippage in the introduction of
Community-wide controls on SRM. I have therefore decided, in the interests of public health, to introduce unilateral interim
controls in Great Britain. I have accordingly laid before Parliament today the Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997 and the
Specified Risk Material Order 1997, both of which will come into force on 1 January 1998. Together, these consolidate existing
national legislation providing for destruction of certain bovine materials and heads of sheep and goats and extend them to the
spleen of all sheep and goats and spinal cord of sheep and goats over 12 months of age. They will also prohibit imports of specified
risk material (SRM) except where they are for technical use. Imports of certain animal products for food and animal feed, including
imports from EU Member States, will need to be accompanied by official veterinary certification confirming that they do not contain
and were not derived from SRM. Products manufactured before 1 January 1998 and those containing material derived from Australia and
New Zealand will be exempt from this requirement.
Equivalent legislation is being introduced in Northern Ireland to come into force at the same time.
Legislation
Specified Risk Material Regulations 1997; Specified Risk Material Order 1997
Subjects
Cattle; Animal feed; Animal products; Contamination; Diseases; Health hazards; EU internal trade; Disease control; Food; Goats; EU action; Import controls; Imports; Meat; Offal; Sheep; BSE; Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee
Date
16 December 1997
Reference
21486; 303 c134-5W
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Cunningham of Felling
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Meat; Beef
Date
6 November 1997
Reference
300 c388-9
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons