§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment of risk to human health he has made of the use of antibiotics used as growth promoters in farm animal food products; and if he will make a statement. [92038]
§ Ms JowellThe Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food's (ACMSF) report on microbial antibiotic resistance in relation to food safety will be published shortly. The use of antibiotics as growth promoters is one of the topics covered in the report. Both the Veterinary Products Committee and the ACMSF have taken public health concerns into account when advising the Government on the use of antibiotics as growth promoters.