HC Deb 15 December 1986 vol 107 c365W
Mr. Cohen

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what research his Department has conducted or commissioned to determine the concentration of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDD) and dibenzofurans (PCDF) in commercially caught shellfish and in crabs.

Mr. Gummer

My Department has begun a programme of research to enable it to carry out sensitive and rapid detection of these substances in the environment and in the food chain.