§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what quantities of meat and bone meal were exported by the British rendering industry for each of the last three years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonExports of the British rendering industry are not separately identified within the statistics on the total exports of meat meal and bone meal. The figures on these for the last three years are as follows:
Tonnes 1986 1987 1988 Flours, meals and pellets of meat or offal (including tankage), unfit for human consumption; greaves 10,001 12,299 13,228 Bone meal 3,902 5,061 15,174 1 From 1988, bone meal is combined in the statistics with other bones and their derivatives apart from "ossein and bones treated with acid". The tonnage of bone meal exported in 1988 could be around 2,000 tonnes lower than that shown.