Pádraic McCormack
Ceist:38 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the instructions he has given to meat plants with respect to veterinary inspections since 1 November 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9085/03]
Written Answers - Food Safety Standards.
The veterinary public health inspection service of my Department has responsibility for the day to day monitoring and inspection of EU-approved meat plants. As part of this monitoring and inspection process and, in order to ensure a uniform level of compliance with inspection requirements, regular notices are issued to my Department's veterinary inspection teams responsible for those plants. Since 1 November 2002, seven notices have been issued as follows:
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Date |
Subject |
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7 November 2002 |
Beef labelling regulations |
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3 February 2003 |
Duplicate Animals and the Amendment of Slaughter Data on CMMS |
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14 February 2003 |
BSE Surveillance Programme Cost Recovery |
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17 February 2003 |
ER50 Permit Controlling or Restricting Movement of Bovine Animals |
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6 March 2003 |
Documentation covering the movement of raw material (low risk material) for pet food manufacture and the movement of manufactured pet food |
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18 March 2003 |
Protection of Animals at Time of Slaughter |
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21 March 2003 |
Ageing and traceability of sheep carcases |
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21 March 2003 |
Disposal of used ear-tags and used cattle identity cards/passports |