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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) location and (b) number of animals affected by outbreaks of botulism was in each month of 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) location and (b) number of animals affected by outbreaks of botulism was in each month of 2025.
Information from the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) surveillance network indicates one botulism outbreak in GB in 2025, affecting 712 cattle between August up to 8 September. The cases have been spread across Derbyshire, Essex, Northants, Pembrokeshire and Shropshire. This incident is currently being investigated by the FSA who have taken precautionary action to protect animal and public health, including the removal of an animal feed product from the market and the prevention of animals showing signs of botulism from entering the food chain.
When large scale or serious incidents are reported, Defra and APHA take a One Health response and work collaboratively cross-agency to manage any threats.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect livestock from botulism disease in Shropshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect livestock from botulism disease in Shropshire.
The risk posed by botulism from poultry litter and other sources are well established in the agricultural industry. Farmers and their advisors know what measures can be taken to mitigate the risk. In some situations where risk analysis has been undertaken, several farmers opt to vaccinate cattle against the disease.
There is advice available on GOV.UK on botulism in livestock at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/botulism-in-farmed-ruminants/botulism-in-farmed-ruminants
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has published review articles in veterinary journals such as In Practice, which is available at the following link:
https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1136/inpract.30.7.392
The APHA Surveillance Unit also present on the subject with food safety lecture to undergraduates at veterinary schools in the United Kingdom and at conferences for livestock vets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of veterinary medicine to treat botulism in cattle in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of veterinary medicine to treat botulism in cattle in Northern Ireland.
The Government is committed to taking steps to support the availability of veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland after the end of 2025.
Regarding the botulism vaccines, the situation will not change. Veterinary surgeons can continue to access the vaccines after 31 December; in the same way they do now.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many infants were diagnosed with botulism in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many infants were diagnosed with botulism in each of the last three years.
The number of cases of infant botulism in the United Kingdom in each of the past three years includes:
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Number
of cases in
infants1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 1
www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/InfectiousDiseases/InfectionsAZ/Botulism/EpidemiologicalData/ |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many confirmed cases of botulism have been reported in (a) children and (b) adults in each of the last five years.
[127391]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many confirmed cases of botulism have been reported in (a) children and (b) adults in each of the last five years.
[127391]
Data on the number of cases of the three main forms of botulism, food borne, wound botulism and infant botulism are presented in the following tables. The data have been supplied by the Health Protection Agency. Data for 2012 are not available. Data for adults with food borne botulism are available on a United Kingdom basis. For infant botulism and wound botulism the available data are for England and Wales only.
| Laboratory-confirmed
cases of botulism (wound botulism in people who inject
drugs) | |
| England
and
Wales | |
| Number | |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 20 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 |
| England
and Wales laboratory-confirmed cases of botulism in adults
(food borne
botulism) | |
| UK | |
| Number | |
| 2007 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| England
and Wales laboratory-confirmed cases of botulism
in children (infant
botulism) | |
| England
and
Wales | |
| Number | |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | — |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| Note: Data for 2012 are not available. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of cases of food borne botulism poisoning in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of cases of food borne botulism poisoning in each of the last five years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Thornton on 5 October (WA 440), what steps they are taking to ensure that imports into the United Kingdom of unsterilised botulinum toxins do not give rise to outbreaks of botulism.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Thornton on 5 October (WA 440), what steps they are taking to ensure that imports into the United Kingdom of unsterilised botulinum toxins do not give rise to outbreaks of botulism.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what antidotes exist to combat an outbreak of botulism in the United Kingdom; and what quantities of those antidotes are held.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what antidotes exist to combat an outbreak of botulism in the United Kingdom; and what quantities of those antidotes are held.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many cases of botulism have been reported in livestock in 2007; and if he will make a statement;
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many cases of botulism have been reported in livestock in 2007; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what steps he has taken to reduce the risk of botulism being transferred to livestock from poultry waste.
(2) what steps he has taken to reduce the risk of botulism being transferred to livestock from poultry waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences were issued for the animal testing of botulinium toxin in each year since 1997; how many animals were involved, broken down by (a) breed and (b) type; and how much toxin was involved in each case. -...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences were issued for the animal testing of botulinium toxin in each year since 1997; how many animals were involved, broken down by (a) breed and (b) type; and how much toxin was involved in each case. -...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to ensure that botulinium toxin for which licences to test on animals have been issued is used only for clinical purposes; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to ensure that botulinium toxin for which licences to test on animals have been issued is used only for clinical purposes; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on recent deaths of cattle from unidentified viral brain diseases. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 14 June 2004).
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on recent deaths of cattle from unidentified viral brain diseases. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 14 June 2004).
Further to the answer by the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 15 March 2004 (HL Deb, cols 1-3), whether they will report to the Security Council of the United Nations the export by the United States of anthrax and botulinum toxin, the principle components of Iraqi bioweapons programmes, to...
Further to the answer by the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 15 March 2004 (HL Deb, cols 1-3), whether they will report to the Security Council of the United Nations the export by the United States of anthrax and botulinum toxin, the principle components of Iraqi bioweapons programmes, to...
Whether they will publish in the Official Report the findings of Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Howe of the British Forces Health Services in Germany, quoted, in the Times on 12 January, in the case of Lance Corporal Alex Izett, whose expected deployment to the Gulf for the 1990-91 conflict was cancelled after...
Whether they will publish in the Official Report the findings of Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Howe of the British Forces Health Services in Germany, quoted, in the Times on 12 January, in the case of Lance Corporal Alex Izett, whose expected deployment to the Gulf for the 1990-91 conflict was cancelled after...
What steps they are taking to encourage the development, validation and use of replacement alternatives for the in vivo potency testing in the United Kingdom of batches of botulism toxin for use in clinical and cosmetic purposes. [HL 276].
What steps they are taking to encourage the development, validation and use of replacement alternatives for the in vivo potency testing in the United Kingdom of batches of botulism toxin for use in clinical and cosmetic purposes. [HL 276].