Jane Ellison corrected the Commons record on Health
Jane Ellison made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 9 April 2014. The corrected text no longer gives the figure 64,819. Altogether 10 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many instances of (a) pneumonia, (b) septic pneumonia, (c) Pericarditis, (d) Septic Pericarditis, (e) Peritonitis, (f) septic peritonitis, (g) Oedema, (h) Emaciation, (i) Bruising or trauma, (j) Abscesses in offal, (k) Abscesses in carcases, (l) Pyaemia, (m) animals with septicaemia, (n) Animals with tumours, (o) Hydronephrosis, (p) Nephritis and septic nephritis, (q) Lymphadenitis, (r) Tuberculosis, (s) Erysipelas in pigs, (t) Steatosis, (u) Actinobacillous and (v) Actinomycosus in red meat animals have been identified at official post mortem inspection and prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for an on behalf of the FSA since 1 April 2012. Letter of correction from Jane Ellison: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner) on 1 April 2014. The full answer given was as follows:
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| The following quantity of conditions have been identified in red meat animals at official post mortem inspection and prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for and on behalf of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) since April 2012: Some conditions are not recorded by the FSA. The list of conditions for cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry were created following expert working group workshops for each species over the last five years. Members of the workshops included stakeholders from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Animal Health, EBLEX, BPEX, private veterinarians, industry vets, FSA, Association of Meat Inspectors. The data for sheep, goats, deer and horses is from April 2012 to December 2013, all other species is April 2012 to March 2014. Condition | Total number identified (a) Pneumonia | 2,799,461 (b) Septic pneumonia | 1,281 (c) Pericarditis | 594,408 (d) Septic Pericarditis | No data held (e) Peritonitis | 466,518 (f) Septic peritonitis | 6,339 (q) Oedema | As below (h) Emaciation/Generalised Oedema | 24,288 (i) Bruising or trauma | 197,187 (j) Abscesses in offal | 294,580 (k) Abscesses in carcases | 199,435 (j) and (k) Abscesses | 451,461 (l) Pyaemia | 33,414 (m) Animals with septicaemia | 6,069 (n) Animals with tumours | 1,490 (o) Hydronephrosis | (p) Nephritis and septic nephritis | No data held (q) Lymphadenitis | No data held (r) Tuberculosis | 27,901 (s) Erysipelas in pigs | 9,908 (t) Steatosis | No data held (u) Actinobacillous | No data held (v) Actinomycosus | No data held Note: (j) and (k) Abscesses relates to sheep, goats, deer and horses. This has been recoded separately as the data is not recorded by either offal or carcase. | The correct answer should have been: | The following quantity of conditions have been identified in red meat animals at official post mortem inspection and prevented from entering the food chain by officials working for and on behalf of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) since April 2012: Some conditions are not recorded by the FSA. The list of conditions for cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry were created following expert working group workshops for each species over the last five years. Members of the workshops included stakeholders from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Animal Health, EBLEX, BPEX, private veterinarians, industry vets, FSA, Association of Meat Inspectors. The data for sheep, goats, deer and horses is from April 2012 to December 2013, all other species is April 2012 to March 2014. Condition | Total number identified (a) Pneumonia | 2,799,461 (b) Septic pneumonia | 1,281 (c) Pericarditis | 594,408 (d) Septic Pericarditis | No data held (e) Peritonitis | 466,518 (f) Septic peritonitis | 6,339 (q) Oedema | As below (h) Emaciation/Generalised Oedema | 24,288 (i) Bruising or trauma | 197,187 (j) Abscesses in offal | 294,580 (k) Abscesses in carcases | 199,435 (j) and (k) Abscesses | 451,461 (l) Pyaemia | 33,414 (m) Animals with septicaemia | 6,069 (n) Animals with tumours | 1,490 (o) Hydronephrosis | No data held (p) Nephritis and septic nephritis | No data held (q) Lymphadenitis | No data held (r) Tuberculosis | 27,901 (s) Erysipelas in pigs | 9,908 (t) Steatosis | No data held (u) Actinobacillous | No data held (v) Actinomycosus | No data held Note: (j) and (k) Abscesses relates to sheep, goats, deer and horses. This has been recoded separately as the data is not recorded by either offal or carcase. | |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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