§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the frequency with which national estimated daily intake calculations were performed for pesticide residues in each EU member state in each year since 1992. [13181]
§ Mr. RookerEstimated daily intake—EDI—calculations have been carried out in the United Kingdom as part of the pesticide approvals process in those cases where it appears that the acceptable daily intake—ADI—of residues in a food crop might be exceeded. For example, EDI calculations were made for chronic risk assessment purposes in preparing the paper "Unit to Unit Variation of Pesticide Residues in Fruit and Vegetables" which the Pesticides Safety Directorate published in March this year. However, precise information on how frequently these calculations have been carried out since 1992 would be available only at disproportionate cost.
Information on the frequency with which other EU member states carry out national EDI calculations is not held by the UK.
I will write to the hon. Member.