Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 120752

Food: Safety

Tabled: 16 March 2026

Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Mr Clive Betts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce more effective uses of technology and science evidence-based approaches to the delivery of Official Controls by the Food Standards Agency.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) supports evidence‑based use of technology in Official Controls, but inspection requirements in abattoirs are set in assimilated European Union law Regulation, and are prescriptive, and divergence could restrict British acce...

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