§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the report of the Richmond committee on food safety will be published.
§ Mr. RyderThe committee on the microbiological safety of food, chaired by Sir Mark Richmond, has said that it aims to submit its first report to my right hon. Friend the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Health as soon as possible probably towards the end of 1989, and that it does not intend to make any interim statements before then. The report will be published.
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