HC Deb 27 June 1995 vol 262 cc557-8W
Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans her Department has to make(a) soya milk infant formula feeds and (b) other foods with high oestrogen and phytoestrogen contents designed for under five-year-olds available by prescription only. [29991]

Mr. Sackville

None.

Mr. Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research has been(a) started and (b) completed on phytoestrogen in soya milk following the 1992 recommendations of the committee on toxicity of foodstuffs. [29992]

Mr. Sackville

Since 1992, when the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment last considered phytoestrogens, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has commissioned two studies which include analysis of soya milk and infant formula. These have not been completed. In addition, a surveillance project measuring levels of oestrogens in the diets of infants, toddlers and young children will start shortly.