Select Committee · Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Desinewed Meat
Status: ClosedOpened: 30 Apr 2012Closed: 16 Mar 20161 report
Inquiry scopeOn 4 April the Food Standards Agency announced that the European Commission had requested that the UK impose a moratorium on the production of desinewed meat (DSM) from cows and sheep from the end of April. In addition, DSM produced from pigs and poultry must be reclassified as mechanically separated meat (MSM) from 26 May. The Committee undertook a short inquiry and published its findings on 24 July 2012. European Commission moratorium on desinewed meat was "heavy-handed and disproportionate", say MPs Report: Desinewed meat (PDF 624 KB) Government Response - Desinewed Meat (PDF 195 KB)