Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 39839

Meat Products: Nitrates

Tabled: 20 March 2025

Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

Dame Chi Onwurah

Labour — Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the safety of nitrate compounds used to colour preserved meat pink.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) considers the existing levels of nitrites in the United Kingdom to be sufficiently protective for consumers, and they remain important preservatives in a range of foods, which control a range of harmful micro-organisms. How...

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