Genetic Material (Hansard, 8 March 1999)

HC Deb 08 March 1999 vol 327 cc95-6W 96W

§ Mr. Livsey
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food who(a) commissioned and (b) carried out the tests conducted on Ciba-Geigy maize gluten feed to establish the effects of processing on modified and non-modified genetic material. [74429]

§ Mr. Rooker
In 1996, the Ministry commissioned tests at the Laboratory of the Government Chemist on samples of maize gluten feed, specifically to determine the effect of processing on DNA.