Inspections

(asked on 28th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on combining (a) Disease Surveillance - Tuberculosis, (b) Disease Surveillance - Brucellosis (Sheep and Goats), (c) Disease Surveillance - Salmonella National Control Plan, (d) Disease Surveillance - Avian Influenza, (e) Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Inspection, (f) Animal Health and Welfare Cross Compliance Inspection, (g) Poultry Meat Marketing Terms Inspection, (h) Veterinary Medicine Residue Inspection, (i) Welfare on Farms (WOFAR) Inspection, (j) Egg Marketing Inspection, (k) Egg Hygiene Inspection, (l) National Feed Audit Inspection, (m) EFUs and other Tuberculosis-Related Inspection, (n) Animal By-Products Incinerators Inspection, (o) Imported Animals Inspection, (p) Animal Gatherings Inspection, (q) Plant Health and Seed Control - Surveillance, (r) Plant Health and Seed Control - Export Certification, (s) Control of Notifiable Pests and Diseases in Honeybees, (t) Inspections for Environmental Protection - Planned, (u) Inspections for Environmental Protection - Responsive, (v) Permit Inspection for Intensive and Poultry Farms, (w) Inspection for Water Resource Protection, (x) Dairy Hygiene Inspection, (y) Local Authority Farm Inspection - Planned, (z) Local Authority Farm Inspection - Responsive, (aa) Integrated Site Assessment (SSSI and HLS), (bb) Wildlife Licensing Inspection, (cc) Animal Poisoning Inspection, (dd) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Inspection, (ee) Injurious Weeds Inspection, (ff) Cross Compliance Inspection, (gg) RDPE Compliance Monitoring Inspection, (hh) Single Payment Scheme Land Eligibility Inspection, (ii) Sheep and Goat (SAG) Identification Inspection, (jj) Cattle Identification Inspection, (kk) Veterinary Medicines Regulations Inspections, (ll) Felling Licence Inspections, (mm) Checks for Illegal Tree Felling, (nn) EIA for Forestry Projects: Pre-Approval and Compliance Visits, (oo) SPHN: Farm Visits for Phytopthora spp., (pp) Checks for Chalara Infection, (qq) Grant Inspections - Title I and Title I Ex-Post, (rr) Grant Inspections Title II and (ss) Aquaculture Production Business Inspection inspections with any others of these inspections.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 3rd December 2014

Under the Government’s Red Tape Challenge Defra undertook to develop a more targeted approach to farm inspections. The aims are to reduce the burden of inspections on farmers with a good track record of compliance and to ensure that farm inspections are carried out as efficiently as possible whilst maintaining animal health and welfare, food safety and environmental standards. Changes under consideration include combining more inspections, allowing more farmers to benefit from “earned recognition” and improving the planning and co-ordination of inspections by regulators. An announcement will be made early next year.

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