HC Deb 26 October 1966 vol 734 c188W
86. Mr. John Hall

asked the Minister of Technology how many additives to food have been examined by the British Industrial Biological Research Association; and with what result.

Mr. Benn

Fifteen food additives have been tested under the British Industrial Biological Research Association's safety evaluation programme. Reports on four additives have been published, reports on eight more are awaiting publication and reports on a further three are in course of preparation. The R.A. has also examined many other food additives in the course of its basic research programme. The results, which are complex, are being studied by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Ministry of Health.