HC Deb 12 March 1997 vol 292 cc266-7W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what occasions the Committee on Toxicity has considered the safety of mineral hydrocarbons in food processes; what conclusions they reached; and if he will make a statement. [19272]

Mr. Horam

The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment has considered mineral hydrocarbons in 1988, 1989 and 1993. The conclusions of the latest consideration of these compounds were published in the 1993 annual report of the Committee, copies of which have been deposited in the Library.