§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 8 June 1999,Official Report, column 280, concerning precautionary measures in respect of medicines in whose manufacture bovine material was used, whether the precautionary measures enacted also required manufacturers to prevent the further use of existing supplies of medicinal products which in their early stage of manufacture had used bovine material (i) prohibited for use in human food at that point and (ii) subsequently prohibited for use in human food. [86773]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 15 June 1999]The precautionary measures introduced in 1989 and subsequent amendments to them did not require manufacturers to prevent the use of existing supplies of medicinal products which had used bovine material in their early stage of manufacture. Neither did the later guidelines issued by the European Commission in 1992.