§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Caerphilly of 1 November,Official Report, column 214, what certification accompanying meat and bone meal exported from the United Kingdom into (a) France, (b) West Germany, (c) Holland, (d) Belgium, (e) Italy, (f) Israel and (g) the United States of America is required by the importing country.
§ Mr. MacleanThe certification required is, as follows
Belgium—specified heat treatment, hygienic packing and freedom from salmonella;France—that the products are destined for use other than as feed for ruminants;West Germany—application must be made to the appropriate Land authority for an import permit. This will state the particular certification which is required in each case. The Ministry is unaware that any application has been made and is not aware of any conditions which individual Laender may stipulate;Israel—that the meal is derived from poultry.In the absence of any requests from the trade in recent years to export meat and bonemeal derived from ruminants to Italy, the Netherlands and the United States of America, the ministry has not sought information about the certification which might be required. There is a small trade into the Netherlands in meal derived from poultry and the certification required relates to heat treatment.