HC Deb 21 February 1989 vol 147 cc614-5W
Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has knowledge of any research or evidence on passage of listeria from the bloodstream into breast milk.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

[holding answer 20 February 1989]: As with many other organisms or substances carried in the bloodstream, listeria has been shown to pass from the bloodstream into breast milk. My Department is not aware of any current research.