§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which projects, not related to the year 2000 compliance problem, are being(a) restricted and (b) terminated in order to free information technology resources. [37479]
Department of Health food science related research projects: contracts issued in 1997–98 Project title Duration Cost (£) Organisation Assessment of the degree of heat treatment necessary to destroy E.coli O157 in lamb 9 months 59,352 University of Reading A study using molecular typing methodologies to examine the effect of transport crate re-use and crate washing techniques on the contamination of broiler chickens with Campylobacter species 6 months 21,142 Exeter Public Health Laboratory Investigation of methods of recording and logging food samples submitted for microbiological analysis 6 months 5,971 Preston Public Health Laboratory In addition, the Department currently funds a Unit at St. Bartholomew's Hospital for research into the toxicology of chemicals some of which can be found in food.