§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what reports he has received about the French response to the European Commission report exposing instances of the use of sewage sludge in feed for French livestock; and if he will publish them. [97229]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 4 November 1999]: No written reports have been directly received on the French response. However, at the September Agricultural Council, the French Agriculture Minister provided verbal assurances that the shortcomings identified in the Commission's inspection report had been firmly addressed. There has been no suggestion of widespread use in animal feed of human sewage. The Commission's report focused on the recovery of animal material from waste water treatment systems in rendering plants.