Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 57031

Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses

Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 11 June 2025

Question

Tom Rutland

LabourEast Worthing and Shoreham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Food Standard Agency’s official control charges on the viability of small and medium-sized abattoirs.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Information on the 2025/26 charge rates for official controls, inspections, conducted in meat premises is available on the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) website, at the following link:https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/charges-for-controls-in-meat-...

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