PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Slaughterhouses: Inspections (12 December 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2017 to Question 115457, whether a slaughterhouse is allowed to continue operating after receiving an unsatisfactory audit result, before the performance of the slaughterhouse has been seen to have or have not improved, whilst follow-up audits and unannounced inspections are occurring.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

A slaughterhouse may be allowed to continue operating after receiving an audit outcome of ‘Improvement Necessary’ or ‘Urgent Improvement Necessary’. However, if the Food Standards Agency believes there is an imminent risk to public health or there are serious breaches in animal welfare standards it can suspend the business from operating immediately until such time as the issues identified have been resolved or the approval is withdrawn.

Answered by:
Steve Brine (Conservative)
20 December 2017