§ Mrs. GormanTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in light of his proposals to restrict the spreading of manure from infected broiler flocks, whether he intends to introduce compulsory testing of broiler flocks to enable identification of potentially contaminated manure.
§ Mr. MacleanWe have no plans to restrict the spreading of manure from infected broiler flocks or to introduce the compulsory testing of these flocks. Isolations of salmonella by laboratories are required to be reported to MAFF under the Zoonoses Order 1989. Flock owners are advised to stack and disinfect manure removed from houses where salmonella infected broilers have been kept.