HC Deb 27 January 1989 vol 145 c808W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he proposes to take to prevent the sale of eggs which are a risk to human health.

Mr. Ryder

Notices will be issued under the Zoonoses Order 1975 to egg producers with flocks known or suspected of infection with salmonella enteritidis or other similar types of Salmonella. These notices will prevent producers from selling eggs in a raw state for direct consumption. The first such notices will be issued today.

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the brand names of chicken feeds which contain processed animal byproducts.

Mr. Ryder

[holding answer 13 January 1989]: The use of small quantities of animal protein materials in some poultry feed have for many years been a normal trade practice. Such materials are produced in processing plants, all of which are subject to the controls contained in the Protein Processing Order 1981. The heat or other treatment used in such plants will destroy all salmonella. Detailed information on the brand names involved is not available from my Department.

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many producers of chicken food using animal byproducts are known to his Ministry.

Mr. Ryder

[holding answer 13 January 1989]: The use of small quantities of animal protein materials in some poultry feed have for many years been a normal trade practice. Such materials are produced in processing plants, all of which are subject to the controls contained in the Protein Processing Order, 1981. The heat or other treatment used in such plants will destroy all salmonella.

The animal protein is then supplied to the manufacturers of animal feedstuffs, of which there are many throughout the country both on farms and elsewhere. Detailed information on all such manufactures who produce poultry feedstuffs is not available in my Department.

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