§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment will make a further statement about the safety of vitamin B6 supplements. [18384]
§ Mr. HoramThe Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment has yet to complete its further consideration of the safety of vitamin B6.
§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Health on what scientific studies of vitamin B6 the secretariat of the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment based its assertions, in respect of(a) peripheral neuropathy in humans at 50 mg and above over a prolonged period and (b) corroborating evidence from reports of animal toxicity. [18383]
§ Mr. HoramThe secretariat of the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment reflects the views of the committee. As concerns a list of the scientific studies first considered by the committee, I refer the hon. Member to the reply my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food gave him on 21 January 1997, columns548–49. A list of the additional studies being considered by the Committee will be placed in the Library shortly.