HC Deb 15 November 1988 vol 140 cc547-8W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what date and how the announcements were made, relating to each of the samples of sheep milk tested for radioactivity following the Chernobyl accident.

Mr. Ryder

The results of sheep milk monitoring in England were published in my Department's news releases on the following dates:

1986

  • 30 May
  • 20 June
  • 18 July
  • 28 August
  • 18 November 16 December

1987

  • 21 April
  • 3 July
  • 7 September

1988

  • 8 January
  • 1 June
  • 1 August
  • 30 September.

The results were also included in the two compilations of monitoring data, entitled "Radionuclide levels in Food, Animals and Agricultural products: Post-Chernobyl Monitoring in England and Wales" published by HMSO in February 1987 and April 1988 respectively.