Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 21559
Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 3 January 2025
Answered: 8 January 2025
Question
Dan Norris
Independent — North East Somerset and Hanham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of animal welfare at abattoirs.
Answer
As of 1 December 2024, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and their Service Delivery Partner between them employed 282 Official Veterinarians (OVs) and 596 Meat Hygiene Inspectors / Official Auxiliaries, as well as 12 Trainee Official Auxiliaries.The Departm...
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