HC Deb 30 March 1993 vol 222 c182W
Mr. Steen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of prosecutions made in each EC country for breaches in each country's food hygiene legislation and the total fines realised in each of the last three years.

Mr. Sackville

Member states are required to make an annual return to the Commission which includes the number of infringements of food hygiene legislation, but not specifically details of the number of prosecutions nor of the money collected from fines. The first returns were made in 1992 but have not yet been published by the Commission.