HC Deb 25 April 1995 vol 258 cc457-8W
Mr. Nigel Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many inspectors his Department employs to visit meat wholesalers; how many visits each inspector makes; and how many visits each supplier expects in a year; [19491]

(2) what investigations his Department's inspectors carry out on the accuracy of date labelling by wholesale meat suppliers to supermarkets; [19492]

(3) if he will list the number and types of incidents in meat wholesalers detected by his Department's inspectors for the last year for which figures are available; [19493]

(4) if meat wholesalers are notified in advance of visits by his Department's meat inspectors. [19522]

Sir Hector Monro

I refer the hon. Member to the replies given yesterday by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food,Official Report, columns 378–79.

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