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Mr. Harvey
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the safety of importing oxheads for use in (a) patés and (b) other foods. [33003]
Mr. Rooker
The Specified Risk Material Order 1997, which came into force on 1 January, prohibits the importation of ox-heads from animals more than 12 months of age (except those born, reared and slaughtered in Australia or New Zealand) for use in any food or animal feed because they contain Specified Risk Material as defined in Commission Decision 97/534/EC.