Dr. ThomasTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if any evaluation has been made of the problem of selling honey found to contain 985 bequerels per kilogram from Chernobyl fall-out, as announced by his Department on 19 August; and what studies have been made of the safety of such honey for human consumption.
§ Mr. RyderNo problems arise over the levels of caesium detected in honey. The advice of the National Radiological Protection Board is that, even assuming consumption well above the average, the levels reported are far below those at which action to protect the consumer would need to be considered.