Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses
Commons · Question 100022 · Tabled 15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by John Milne
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Food Standard Agency’s official control charges on the viability of small and medium sized abattoirs.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 5 Jan 2026
Information on the 2025/26 charge rates for official controls, or inspections, conducted in meat premises is available on the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) website at the following link:https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/charges-for-controls-in-m...