Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71413
Slaughterhouses
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Dr Neil Hudson
Conservative — Epping Forest
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in Food Security Agency charges for the 2025/26 financial year on small and medium-sized abattoirs.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Food Standards Agency (FSA) conducts and charges for official controls, inspections, in abattoirs, which help to ensure that food hygiene and animal welfare standards are met. The controls are an intrinsic component in our food system which provide re...
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