HL Deb 12 January 1998 vol 584 cc185-6WA
Lord Stanley of Alderley

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether it is permissible to obtain bones from beef animals to feed to dogs.

Lord Donoughue

Bones removed from bone-in beef deboned in butchers shops in Great Britain may not be sold or given away to feed to dogs. Such bones must be disposed of as animal waste under Part II of Schedule I to the Animal By-Products Order 1992, in accordance with the Beef Bones Regulations 1997. Dog owners can purchase sterilised bones from knackers' yard.