Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cold stores the Food Standards Agency has inspected in connection with its inquiries into issues arising from its recent inspections of Russell Hume.

As a result of the Russell Hume investigations, the Food Standards Agency has attended and supported at local authority-led inspections of 15 stand-alone cold stores. Cold stores are approved by local authorities and the regulatory remit for delivering official controls rests with the local authorities.