§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many plants producing animal protein for incorporation into animal feeding stuffs which were found on first sampling in each year since 1981, to be salmonella positive(a) gave subsequent positive samples and (b) were prosecuted.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe numbers of plants producing animal protein for incorporation into animal feeding stuffs where salmonella was isolated both on the first official sampling of each year and subsequently during the year were as follows:
Number 1981 1— 1982 13 1983 10 1984 7 1985 10 1986 9 1987 6 1988 3 1989 2 1990 1 1991 2 1992 1 1993 — 1 Figures not available. Where salmonella contamination is found the serving of notices preventing the movement of material until it is shown to be free of salmonella contamination is considered the appropriate action rather than prosecution.
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§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many inspections were carried out by her officials of processing plants producing animal protein for incorporation into animal feeding stuffs in each year from 1981; and how many of the plants gave samples which were found to be salmonella-positive.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardDetails of inspections of plants producing animal protein for incorporation into animal feeding stuffs and the number of plants which gave samples positive for salmonella were as follows:
Inspections Number of plants where positive salmonella was isolated 1981 1— 1— 1982 193 35 1983 250 29 1984 251 30 1985 224 27 1986 206 22 1987 185 21 1988 154 15 1989 315 23 1990 245 18 1991 230 14 1992 194 8 1993 189 9 1 Figures not available. Inspections ranged between one and five days duration depending upon the type of plant.
§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many samples were taken from processing plants producing animal protein for incorporation into animal feeding stuffs in each year from 1981; and how many in each year were found to be salmonella-positive.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe number of official samples from processing plants producing animal protein for incorporation into animal feeding stuffs and the numbers found to be positive for salmonella were as follows:
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Number of official samples Number of official samples found to be positive 1981 1— 1— 1982 1,085 114 1983 1,410 107 1984 1,403 115 1985 1,253 111 1986 1,202 111 1987 971 53 1988 847 44 1989 1,673 87 1990 1,388 40 1991 1,360 46 1992 1,320 22 1993 1,274 26 1 Figures not available.