§ Mr. Woodallasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether there is any evidence that pentachlorophenol (PCP) or any product containing it is contaminated with tetrachlorodibenzodioxin or other dioxins; and to what extent pentachlorophenol is entering the food chain.
§ Mr. WigginPentachlorophenol (PCP) has been detected in meat and fish and sporadically in other foods. A major source of these residues is likely to be the use of treated wood used as shavings in bedding for farm animals and poultry. The traces of PCP detected are slight since PCP is readily broken down in soil and by animals.
Commercial preparations of PCP may be contaminated by hexachlorodibenzodioxins, heptachlorodibenzodioxins and octachlorodibenzodioxin. There are no reports of the detection of 2, 3, 7, 8,-tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin in PCP formulations.
(pence per pound) Home-killed Week ending Leg Loin chops Shoulder Leg New Zealand Loin chops Shoulder 1980— 25 October 129 141 83 114 111 70 1 November 125 137 80 114 111 70 8 November 122 133 78 114 111 70 15 November 118 129 76 111 110 69 22 November 116 127 75 111 109 69 1979— 27 October 123 134 80 105 103 65 3 November 123 133 79 105 104 65 10 November 123 134 80 105 103 65 17 November 123 133 80 105 104 65 24 November 123 133 79 105 103 65 Source: Meat and Livestock Commission.
§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will bring up to date the table circulated in the Official Report in answer to a question concerning production &c. of sheepmeat in other European Economic Community countries.—[Official Report, 1 November, c. 234–6.]
Indigenous production* Sheepmeat Imports (carcase meat only)† Exports Consumption‡ 1978— West Germany 18 29 9 46 France 147 47 1 202 Italy 37 18 .. 67 Netherlands 18 2 13 5 Belgium/Luxembourg 4 15 .. 19 United Kingdom 237 226 42 398