Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 120753
Food: Safety
Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Question
Mr Clive Betts
Labour — Sheffield South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring food businesses responsible for processing meat and meat products in line with the regulatory approach used elsewhere in the food industry by allowing them to be fully responsible
Answer
Mrs Sharon HodgsonThe 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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