HC Deb 06 December 1982 vol 33 c392W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to receive the report from the committee advising him about the use of irradiated food.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

Before the summer of 1984.

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects the report from the Food and Agricultural Organisation on radiation standards for food to be completed.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

I understand that no date has been announced for the completion of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission's current revision of its recommended international general standard of irradiated foods.

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