- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 2 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many instances of contaminated animal feed have been recorded in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Food Standards Agency informsme that over the past five years, there have been four recorded cases of contaminated animal feed in Scotland. Therewere two cases in 2002 and two in 2003. These cases include contaminated feed enteringScotland from outside the EU, feed entering from other member states and a case offeed produced in Scotland which was subsequently discovered to have become contaminated.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 2 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to concerns that the Agricultural Industries Confederation's Code of Practice for the Manufacture of Safe Compound Animal Feedingstuffs is contrary to free trade directives.
Answer
The Agricultural Industries Confederation’sCode of Practice for the Manufacture of Safe Compound Animal Feedingstuffsis a voluntary code. Hence the relationship between the code and free trade is nota matter for the Scottish Executive.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 2 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of concerns that other European Union countries are not ensuring that their animal feed suppliers comply with EU directives.
Answer
The Food Standards Agency informsme that it is not aware of any concerns in respect of other European Unionmember states’ enforcement of animal feed legislation. The EU Commission Food andVeterinary Office (FVO) is responsible for ensuring that Community legislation onfood safety, animal health, plant health and animal welfare is properly implementedand enforced across all member states. Any problems in implementation of animalfeed legislation across the Community would be highlighted by their inspection programme.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 2 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of concerns that the Agricultural Industries Confederation's Code of Practice for the Manufacture of Safe Compound Animal Feedingstuffs encourages the importation of cheaper animal feed from other European Union countries.
Answer
The Agricultural Industries Confederation’s(AIC) Code of Practice for the Manufacture of Safe Compound Animal Feedingstuffsis a voluntary code. The question of whether the code encourages the importationof cheaper animal feed from other European Union countries is a matter for the AICand those who adopt the code.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 2 July 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact Agricultural Industries Confederation rules preventing members from buying feed materials from non-members will have on supply of prescription-only medicines and specialist supplements within the veterinary sector.
Answer
The restraints on the supplyof feed materials under The Agricultural Industries Confederation’s (AIC) UniversalFeed Assurance Scheme do not apply to the use of prescription only medicines aslong as they comply with current legislation. (i.e. as long as the products suppliedhave a UK marketing authorisation). Therefore the rules of this scheme should notaffect the supply of prescription only veterinary medicines.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of concerns that unnecessary burdens are being placed on Scottish agriculture by the interpretation of EU directives by (a) government and (b) commercial consultants.
Answer
The Executive’s policy is to implement EU legislation in a way which minimises the burdens on Scottish agriculture consistent with the requirements of proper financial control and compliance with the law. As to interpretations by commercial consultants, the Executive has no specific locus on this issue or information on such interpretations.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 30 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of egg production is registered as free range.
Answer
On the basis of information derived from the 2003 Agricultural Census the breakdown of Scottish registered hen places, by production type and expressed as a percentage, is as follows:
| Free Range | 24% |
| Barn | 8% |
| Cage | 68% |
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether white asbestos is as dangerous as blue or brown asbestos.
Answer
Health and safety policy is a reserved matter and the question should be more appropriately addressed to the UK Government or the Health and Safety Executive.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with, or what representations it has made to, the Health and Safety Executive on the impact of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (2002) on business and farming communities.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-9034 answered on 28 June 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questionsare available on the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with, or what representations it has made to, Her Majesty's Government on the impact of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (2002) on business and farming communities.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues including health and safety.
