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Meat: Inspections

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 21554, tabled on 3 January 2025

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to change meat inspection charges from April 2026.

Answered on

8 January 2025

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) charges operators to recover costs of meat inspection across its geographic remit of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The FSA conducts an annual review of inspection charges ahead of each financial year. Charges applicable from April 2026 will be determined by means of the next annual review and will be published in early 2026.