EIR2026/00194 – Residues in meat
Published 20 March 2026
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Your request
My FOI request concerns the data contained in the below publication from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/residues-of-veterinary-medicines-in-food-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=9579c52d-65e9-45cb-a961-7590bc2f3d22&utm_content=daily#full-publication-update-history
For each of the below samples, listed by RIM references, please provide the name of the farm where the animal grazed. If an animal grazed at multiple sites, please provide the names of each farm at which the animal grazed. If you are prohibited from providing the names of individual farms, please provide the smallest disclosable geographical locator – i.e. parish council, district council, county, region, (e.g. Yorkshire and Humber, East of England etc.).
2515659
2515659
2521871
2521885
2505092
2506600
2522899
2521885
2515688
2515675
2528588
2521867
2521886
2509034
2521880
2509041
2509019
2521866
2509302
2507704
2516994
2514524
2522895
2506609
2527933
2514528
2506622
2527947
2506588
2506590
2514504
2506618
2515688
Our reply
We have attached a table containing the county and region-level information for each of the RIM reference numbers listed in your request.
After assessing the level of detail sought, we have concluded that releasing postcodes or other highly granular location identifiers would carry a realistic risk of revealing the identities of individual keepers or specific farming businesses.
Such disclosure would therefore constitute personal data and/or commercially sensitive information, which we judge would be likely to harm the legitimate interests of those individuals or businesses if released. For this reason, we are providing the lowest appropriate level of geographic detail that does not risk identification of individuals or companies.