Question follow-through · 41276
Horse Meat
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) help ensure food is not contaminated with horsemeat and (b) improve the traceability of horses in Great Britain.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) help ensure food is not contaminated with horsemeat and (b) improve the traceability of horses in Great Britain.
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is the national authority responsible for food safety and food hygiene across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The FSA ensures that official controls and legislation for meat safety and traceability are met by deploying...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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