§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many tonnes of over-30-month old meat products were(a) imported into the United Kingdom and 563W (b) re-exported from the United Kingdom in each of the last three years, broken down by (i) country of origin, (ii) class of product and (iii) in the case of re-exported material, country of destination. [144256]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 8 January 2001]: Statistics available do not separately identify meat products from animals slaughtered at over-30-months of age.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of the items covered by the ban on the sale of over-30-month meat products are(a) domestically sourced and (b) imported. [144370]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 8 January 2001]: The information requested is not available. The over-30-month rule prohibits the sale of meat for human consumption from cattle aged over-30-months at slaughter.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the efficacy of controls designed to stop imported over-30-month beef from entering the British food chain. [144321]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 8 January 2001]: The implementation of controls to prevent beef from animals over-30-months old entering the food chain is the responsibility of the Food Standards Agency.