§ Mrs. WiseTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will issue instructions that no further hospitals should switch to cooked-chilled food, and that no further hospital plans should make provisions for utilising it, until further research has been carried out to establish its safety or risk.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeNo. In 1980 my Department issued guidelines on cook-chill catering in the NHS and elsewhere. We remain quite satisfied that, provided these guidelines are followed, food produced by this sytem is safe.