A question on #Animals #Lead tabled by Terry Jermy on 05-03-2025 has been answered by Daniel Zeichner.

Heading: Animals: Lead
Question ID: 1781622
UIN: 36004
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-05
Asking Member ID: 5338
Asking Member display name: Terry Jermy
Asking Member handle: cllrterryjermy
Asking Member Twitter reference: @cllrterryjermy
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals were (a) slaughtered for food consumption and (b) then tested for the presence of lead in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022, (v) 2023 and (vi) 2024.
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Date answered: 2025-03-25
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4382
Answering Member display name: Daniel Zeichner
Answering Member handle: danielzeichner
Answering Member Twitter reference: @danielzeichner
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Answer text: A summary of the number of animals slaughtered for food consumption and number of animals tested for lead can be found in the table on the following page. For information, the majority of these data are available through the Defra Food and Farming statist...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true