§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what date, and in which country or region, in each of the four countries in the United Kingdom, the last sheep were marked blue between 28 September 1987 and 10 January 1988 subsequently re-monitored and tagged for slaughter prior to entering the food chain.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe last dates on which blue-marked sheep were presented for remonitoring were as follows:
Date England 8 April 1988 Northern Ireland 15 January 1988 Scotland 22 April 1988 Wales 5 May 1988 All of these sheep were below the action level and tagged so that they were released from slaughter restriction.
Restrictions were lifted from all blue-marked on 1 June 1988.