Number of Animal Welfare Breaches/Non Compliances Recorded by FSS Veterinary Inspectors Based at Slaughterhouses and Meat Processing Plants in Scotland Between 01/01/2020 and Present Date

Your request was about the following information:

Q1. Can you please tell me the number of animal welfare breaches/non compliances recorded by Food Standards Scotland veterinary inspectors based at slaughterhouses and meat processing plants in Scotland between Jan 1 2020 and the present date

Q2. Can you give details of each breach, the problems found, the severity of incident, the species concerned and the action recommended/taken

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) publishes information about the Animal Welfare Data on the FSS website at the link Animal Welfare Data | Food Standards Scotland.

We would like to inform you that all personal information was removed. In addition, the second column with species information was removed after December 2022. However the species information are usually cited in the description boxes.