Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 103493

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, how many slaughterhouses were subject to more than one enforcement action for animal welfare breaches in each of the last fiv

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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