§ Mr. Raphael Tuckasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what evidence he has of contamination of tinned salmon by methyl mercury.
§ Mr. PriorThe examination in December of 30 samples of tinned salmon by the Laboratory of the Government Chemist showed that no tin had a mercury content higher than 0.1 parts per million, which is a very low figure. A number of tins had no measurable mercury residue. Tinned salmon will be included in the monitoring arrangements which I announced in the House on 19th January.—[Vol. 809, c. 712–14.]