§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will make a statement about the recent import of peanuts containing five times the safe amount of affatoxin and their subsequent sale as wild bird seed;
(2) if he will introduce a statutory limit on the proportion of affatoxin contained in imported foods destined for wild animals.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonControls which exist for levels of contaminants in feeding stuffs for domesticated animals and birds do not cover materials fed to wild birds; these controls are harmonised throughout the European Community and I am not aware of any plans to extend them to wild species.