HC Deb 18 April 1989 vol 151 c142W
46. Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what work the employment medical advisory service is currently undertaking on salmonella poisoning in poultry workers.

105. Mr. Norman Hogg

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what work the employment medical advisory service is currently undertaking on salmonella poisoning in poultry workers.

Mr. Nicholls

The employment medical advisory service is not aware of any cases of salmonella poisoning in poultry workers. However, the Health and Safety Executive has established a task force on occupational zoonoses, that is, diseases transmissable from animals to man. The task force will be considering the possible transmission of salmonella in the workplace as part of its remit. It will also be examining proposals for a study to investigate salmonella in air from poultry houses.