§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many prosecutions of dairy farmers in Lancashire for failing to comply with necessary hygiene standards(a) have been successfully undertaken and (b) are outstanding since 1990. [22272]
§ Mrs. Browning[holding answer 2 May 1995]: Responsibility for the enforcement of hygiene standards at dairy farms is split between Agricultural Development Advisory Service, an executive agency of the Ministry and the Welsh Office, and local authority environmental health departments. There have been no prosecutions by ADAS in Lancashire since 1990. Information on prosecutions by environmental health departments is not held centrally.