HC Deb 09 December 1996 vol 287 c76W
Sir Cranley Onslow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has prepared for environmental health officers on promoting awareness of the dangers of peanut allergy. [6632]

Mr. Horam

The Department is currently reconsidering its advice on peanut allergy, particularly in respect of consumption of peanuts or products containing peanuts by young children. To that end, we are commissioning work by an expert group who will convene in January 1997 and should be in a position to report by mid-1997.

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