HC Deb 19 July 1995 vol 263 c1280W
Mr. Illsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 4 April,Official Report, column 1037, which reports produced by the poisons unit are in the public domain; against which product action has been recommended; and what action has been taken so far. [36323]

Mr. Sackville

The poisons unit produces reports for the Department of Health, European Community and World Health Organisation. Several of the case reports considered by the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment were published in a scientific journal in 1994.

Officials within the Department of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food are discussing the best ways of taking the COT's advice forward.

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