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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what imports of Argentinian meat have entered the UK food chain in the last 12 months; if the meat is from vaccinated sources; and if it is organically produced. - Inc table.

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Ian Gibson (Labour)

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answered

Tabled on

28 November 2001

For answer on

11 December 2001

Answered on

11 December 2001

Dr. Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what imports of Argentinean meat have entered the UK food chain in the last 12 months; if the meat is from vaccinated sources; and if it is organically produced. [20002] Mr. Morley: The table at Annexe A shows the amount of meat of foot and mouth disease susceptible species imported into the UK during the last 12 months for which statistics are available. There is no guarantee that all this meat entered the UK food chain as some meat may be re-exported. The importation into the UK of fresh meat derived from foot and mouth disease susceptible animals originating in Argentina is currently prohibited. Prior to the prohibition, meat from vaccinated animals could be imported from Argentina, but had to be deboned and fully matured so as to remove any risk of the live foot and mouth disease virus being present. According to an estimate in the Soil Association Organic Food and Farming report 2001 some 45 per cent. of organic meat sold in the UK is imported. It is therefore possible that some meat from organic production has been imported from Argentina. Customs import figures are not available for organic meat from Argentina because organic products are not distinguishable from conventional products in the data collected by Customs. Annexe A: UK imports of meat and meat products from Argentina (October 2000 to September 2001) Tonnes _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Type/product October to December 2000 January to September 2001 October 2000 to September 2001 (total) Beef/beef product Bovine carcase meat 287 1,022 1,308 Bovine meat and offal 1,609 3,392 5,001 preparations Bovine offal 157 154 311 Beef/beef product total 2,053 4,568 6,620 Sheepmeat Lamb 108 98 206 Mutton -- 9 9 Sheep and Goat edible offal, -- 34 34 frozen Sheepmeat total 108 141 248 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

11 December 2001

Reference

376 c848W; 20002

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House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effects on the sugar industry in Swaziland of sugar imports from the EU.

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Ian Gibson (Labour)

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Department for International Development

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Answered

Date

24 October 2001

Reference

8616; 373 c304W

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House of Commons

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