Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 13214
Lead: Contamination
Tabled: 8 November 2024
Answered: 14 November 2024
Question
Sir Julian Smith
Conservative — Skipton and Ripon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Food Standards Agency is taking to (a) assess and (b) mitigate the risk of lead contamination in (i) allotments and (ii) other food growing areas located on floodplains downstream of
Answer
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is planning to review dietary lead as part of its rolling programme of risk analysis of environmental contaminants in food. This will include consideration of areas where exposure is likely to be higher. Scoping work has st...
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