§ Mr. David Steelasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) at which British ports arrangements have been made for the provision of veterinary certificates in respect of meat slaughtered for export to France and other EEC countries;
(2) which British ports currently engaged in the export of cattle and sheep, both live and on the hoof, are provided with slaughterhouses and meat inspection facilities approved to EEC standards.
§ Mrs. FennerVeterinary certification of meat for export is a hygiene requirement of the EEC. It has to be done at an approved slaughterhouse. There are approved slaughterhouses in Great Britain adjacent to the ports of Boston, Bristol, Cardiff, Hull, Manchester and Sunderland, but, with the exception of Boston, these ports are not generally used for the export of live animals to the Continent.