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What re-training officials of the Meat Hygiene Service who have failed to enforce specified bovine material controls in slaughterhouses have to undergo before they are allowed to resume their work. - Text of letter from Johnston McNeill of the Meat Hygiene Service.
What re-training officials of the Meat Hygiene Service who have failed to enforce specified bovine material controls in slaughterhouses have to undergo before they are allowed to resume their work. - Text of letter from Johnston McNeill of the Meat Hygiene Service.
Asked by
Martyn Jones
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Browning
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
17 March 1997
Answered on
17 March 1997
Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what retraining officials of the Meat Hygiene Service who
have failed to enforce specified bovine material controls in slaughterhouses have to undergo before they are allowed to resume their
work. [20269]
Mrs. Browning: Staff training matters are the responsibility of the Meat Hygiene Service and I have asked the chief executive to
reply to you direct.
Letter from Johnston McNeill to Mr. Martyn Jones, dated 17 March 1997:
As Chief Executive of the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) your Parliamentary Question to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
about the re-training undertaken by officials who have failed to ensure compliance with the specified bovine material controls in
slaughterhouses before they are allowed to resume work has been passed to me to reply. [20269]
As you are aware, the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) was established as an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food (MAFF) on 1 April 1995. It took over from some 300 local authorities responsibility for enforcing meat hygiene, inspection
and animal welfare at slaughter legislation in licensed fresh meat premises in England, Scotland and Wales.
The MHS is also responsible for enforcing specified bovine material (SBM) controls in slaughterhouses. It does this most rigorously.
A comprehensive SBM training programme has been provided to all inspection staff. The agency's staff are fully aware that they may
face disciplinary action as a result of their failure to enforce fully the controls. As you note, staff who have faced disciplinary
action undergo a retraining programme prior to resuming work at a plant. Such staff are required to repeat the intensive practical
plant based SBM training under the supervision of a Principal Official Veterinary Surgeon. The importance of 100% compliance with
SBM controls is reiterated to these staff and they continue to be closely monitored by the plant's Official Veterinary Surgeon to
ensure comprehensive and rigorous enforcement of SBM controls.
Subjects
Disciplinary proceedings; Cattle; Inspections; Diseases; Disease control; Training; Slaughterhouses; BSE; Meat Hygiene Service
Date
17 March 1997
Reference
20269; 292 c377W;292 c371W
House
House of Commons
What steps he is taking to ensure prompt payment of claims for compensation from cattle head deboners who had stocks of meat in store at the time when the ban on cattle head products for human consumption was announced.
What steps he is taking to ensure prompt payment of claims for compensation from cattle head deboners who had stocks of meat in store at the time when the ban on cattle head products for human consumption was announced.
Asked by
Peter Griffiths
(Conservative)
Answered by
Tony Baldry
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
4 June 1996
Answered on
4 June 1996
Mr. Peter Griffiths: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking to ensure prompt payment of
claims for compensation from cattle head deboners who had stocks of meat in store at the time when the ban on cattle head products
for human consumption was announced.[31136]
Mr. Baldry: Cattlehead deboners whose businesses are licensed under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 can
apply for financial assistance under the beef stocks transfer scheme which is operated by the Intervention Board executive agency on
behalf of the Agriculture departments. The IBEA aims to make payments under this scheme as soon as possible, and in any case within
28 days of the receipt of the necessary verification documentation.
Subjects
Compensation; Cattle; Diseases; Disease control; BSE
Date
4 June 1996
Reference
31136; 278 c431W
House
House of Commons