Regulation

Animal Welfare - Poultry & Fish

Request

Your request was about the following information:  

1) How many instances of non-compliance in approved slaughterhouses involving poultry were recorded for this quarter? How many of these were major instances and critical instances?

2) How many instances of non-compliance in approved slaughterhouses involving fish were recorded for this quarter? How many of these were major instances and critical instances?

3) Has there ever been any procedures for instances of non-compliance in slaughterhouses involving fish?’

Response

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance there are currently no slaughterhouses for fish and therefore do not hold data. We do currently have poultry data published on our website which can be found at the link below. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you.

https://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/publications-and-research/open-data-portal/animal-welfare-data