HL Deb 06 March 2001 vol 623 c22WA
Baroness Byford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the 41 tonnes of German meat contaminated with spinal cord confiscated by Northern Ireland Food Standards Agency officials will be dyed as unfit for human consumption before being returned to Germany. [HL512]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)

We are advised by the Food Standards Agency that the German meat concerned was not dyed as unfit for human consumption before being returned to Germany.