§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which countries require additional certificates accompanying animal products exported from the United Kingdom to show they are free from radioactivity; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacleanScientific advice on which the Government rely is to the effect that all food produced and marketed in the United Kingdom may be safely consumed as free from harmful radioactive material. Nevertheless since the Chernobyl incident a number of countries—especially in the middle and far east—have required official certificates to this effect in respect of their food imports from the United Kingdom. My Dement has routinely provided these at the request of the exporters to facilitate exports. No exhaustive list of those importing countries requiring such certification has been maintained and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.