Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 103492

Slaughterhouses

Tabled: 6 January 2026

Answered: 29 January 2026

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the written answer 100620 of 6 Jan 2025 on Slaughterhouses, whether the Food Standards Agency plans to begin routinely recording the method of slaughter used at the time an animal welfa

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Approved slaughterhouses may use any legally compliant slaughter method. They are not required to notify the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in advance of the method to be used. Many establishments alternate between stunned and non‑stunned slaughter to meet d...

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