Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 21559

Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 3 January 2025
Answered: 8 January 2025

Question

Dan Norris

IndependentNorth 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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