HC Deb 17 October 1973 vol 861 c245W
Mr. Biffen

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will undertake a special investigation taking evidence from the public health inspectorate and the medical profession to determine to what extent salmonella poisoning has arisen from the sale of New York dressed poultry.

Mr. Alison

No. Such an investigation would be unlikely to determine with any certainty the extent to which salmonella food poisoning has arisen from the sale of uneviscerated poultry.

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