HC Deb 25 March 1996 vol 274 c429W
Mr. Kevin Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent advice he received from the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee about the implications for human health on the use of foodstuff containing beef extracts; [22675]

(2) what recent advice he received from the chief medical officer about the implications for human helath on the use of foodstuffs containing beef extracts. [22674]

Mr. Horam

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Helath made an oral statement on 20 March about the advice received from the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee and the chief medical officer,Official Report, columns 375–86. The advice received about beef included beef products.