§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what date his Department was informed of the Swedish Government's ban on the use of animal remains for foodstuffs to ruminants; what action was taken in the UK; and if he will make a statement. [49309]
§ Mr. RookerThe Swedish Government banned the incorporation of meat and bone products in ruminant feed in December 1990. This ban was extended, in December 1993, to include all products from ruminants except fats, milk and milk products, and amended in February 1995 to prohibit protein derived from mammalian tissues.
An EU-wide ban on the feeding of mammalian protein to ruminants was introduced on 27 June 1994. It therefore falls to the EC Commission to ensure that Member States comply.