§ 39. Mr. Woodasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to publish a comprehensive analysis of the results of radionuclide levels of food, animals and agricultural products following the Chernobyl accident.
58. Mrs. McCulleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to publish a comprehensive analysis of the results of radionuclide levels in foods, animals and agricultural products following the Chernobyl accident.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonI refer my hon. Friends to the publication "Radionuclide Levels in Food, Animals and Agricultural Products: Post Chernobyl Monitoring in England and Wales", a copy of which has been placed in606W the Library of the House. This gives the result of sampling from May to the beginning of December 1986. The purpose of this report is to make results available in a manageable format for researchers and others who wish to have the raw data. We do not propose to publish a comprehensive analysis of these results but, as the introduction to the report makes clear, they show that, with the exception of sheepmeat in certain areas for which special action has been taken, radionuclide levels in food, animals and agricultural products were below those upon which intervention to protect public health would have been necessary.