HC Deb 31 January 1990 vol 166 cc236-7W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the visits made in 1989 to slaughterhouses in East Sussex by officers of the state veterinary service.

Mr. Maclean

In 1989 the following visits were made by officers of the state veterinary service to red meat slaughterhouses and licensed poultry premises in East Sussex to advise on standards:

Dates
Tottingworth Farms Ltd.
Little Tottingworth Farm
Broad Oak, Heathfield 22 February 1989
T. Borthwick & Sons (UK) Ltd.
The Abattoir
Norlington Lane, Ringmer 23 June 1989
Mr. M. Vine
Slaughterhouse
Garfield Lane, Hailsham 20 June 1989
Mayhew's Chicken plc
Five Ash Down, Uckfield 25 January 1989
25 April 1989
19 July 1989
21 November 1989
Sovereign Chicken plc
Burwash Common, Etchingham 21 February 1989
31 October 1989
Bridge Poultry Supplies Ltd.
Horam, Heathfield 10 February 1989

In addition, some 30 visits were made by state veterinary service officers to undertake ante-mortem inspections and to carry out duties associated with the collection of samples for testing for the presence of drug residues.