HC Deb 30 March 1971 vol 814 cc337-8W
Mrs. Joyce Butler

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what further studies have been made on meta-tartaric acid as a food additive since the Food Additives and Contaminants Committee reported in 1968 that the toxicological information on it was inadequate; and what has been the result of these further studies.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

Further studies on metatartaric acid are being under- taken by the British Industrial Biological Research Association, but the results are not yet available.

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