Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 28811

Food: Lead

Tabled: 4 February 2025
Answered: 14 February 2025

Question

Terry Jermy

LabourSouth West Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) stop lead contamination in the food supply chain.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Defra monitors concentrations of ten heavy metals, including lead, in naturally-growing mosses as part of the European Moss Survey, which takes place every five years. The moss data provide a cost-effective measure of pollution deposition from the atmosph...

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