Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 69902

Slaughterhouses: Inspections

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Mims Davies

ConservativeEast Grinstead and Uckfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Food Standards Agency (a) inspection charges and (b) regulations on small abattoirs.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) conducts and charges for official controls, namely inspections, which help ensure that food hygiene and animal welfare standards are met in accordance with a legal framework, which has been in place for many years. The cont...

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