§ Mr. John CryerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the location of each site where meat and bone meal is stored prior to incineration and the tonnage stored at each of these sites. [107933]
§ Ms QuinAt 31 December 1999 stocks of meat and bone meal produced from the rendering of animals under the Over-30-Month Scheme and Selective Cull Scheme were estimated at 459,712 tonnes. The material is stored at 15 locations in the UK as shown in the table.
Store location Tonnage as at 31 December 1999 Preston, Lancashire 21,447 Longton, Lancashire 35,040 Chorley, Lancashire 29,690 Liverpool, Merseyside 54,269 Widnes, Cheshire 2,535 Bankston Heath, Lincolnshire 92,841 Childs Ercall, Shropshire 9,991 Woodbury Salterton, Devon 11,677 Wrangton, Devon 49,224 Glenrothes, Fife 49,798 Kirknewton, Midlothian 22,314 Newtownabbey, County Antrim 11,822 Castledawson, Londonderry 23,882 Ballinderry, County Antrim 10,329 Newtonstewart, County Tyrone 34,853 Total 459,712