§ 64. Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will indicate the research which has been undertaken into the use of sodium and potassium ferrocyanide in food which forms the basis of his proposed regulations issued on 26th April 1973.
§ Mrs. FennerSodium and potassium ferrocyanide have been the subject of a number of toxicological studies involving animals in this and other countries. Research data on human reaction is also available. The Government's expert advisory committees, having examined the results of these studies, have now classified these substances as provisionally acceptable for use in food. The Joint Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations/World Health Organisation Expert Committee on Food Additives has also classified them as acceptable for use in food on a provisional basis.