§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will indicate the cause of the restrictions imposed on the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibition) (Copper or Other Metal Poisoning) Order 1990 as well as the type of animals and number of animals involved and the contaminants involved; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GummerThese restrictions were introduced by an order made under part I of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 to protect consumers from the risk of eating contaminated food following a case of copper poisoning among a group of 19 lambs on a farm in East Sussex.