Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many instances of (a) foot infections and (b) arthritis and joint problems were identified by post-mortem inspection of poultry and prevented from entering the food chain from 1 January 2013 to 31 March 2020.
The Food Standards Agency holds the following data. For the period 1 January 2013 – 31 March 2020 the following instances were identified at post-mortem and prevented from entering the food chain:
Condition | Number of Instances |
Foot infections | 2,938,204 |
Arthritis and joint problem | 2,456,789 |