§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information he has to quantify the amount of food banned to cattle which was previously fed to sheep. [15927]
§ Mrs. BrowningThe ruminant protein feed ban prohibited the use of both bovine and ovine protein in feeds intended for bovines, ovines and other ruminants at the same time. The Government have no data on the amount of ant protein fed to sheep prior to the introduction of the ban. However, the industry has estimated that the amount of concentrated feed containing ruminant protein which was fed to sheep prior to the ban was in the region of 410,000 tonnes per annum. Meat and bone meal was included far less frequently in sheep rations than in feed intended for cattle.