§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what checks are carried out by local authority environmental health officers on pigmeat which is processed and sold in pre-packed form. [107108]
§ Ms QuinI have been asked to reply.
190WThe processing of pigmeat for human consumption is covered by the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994, as amended, which implements Council Directives 77/99/EC and 95/68EC. The Regulations lay down the supervisory checks that local authority environmental health departments are required to carry out. Guidance to enforcement authorities on the approach to inspection is given in the Food Safety Act 1990 Code of Practice No. 17: Enforcement of the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994, and on the frequency and nature of these supervisory checks in Code of Practice No. 9: Food Hygiene Inspections.