§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the decision not to give the Food Standards Agency responsibility for the investigation into TB and salvage meat sold by his Department into the human food chain. [121440]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 9 May 2000]: No such decision has been made. It would be for the Food Standards Agency to decide whether any assessment of risks to food safety should be carried out.