§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will publish the results of testing of(a) seed, (b) food and (c) feed that the Government and its agencies have carried out to identify the presence of approved or unapproved GMOs in the last 12 months. [3754]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 16 July 2001]The Department will shortly publish a summary of the activities carried out over the last year by our GM inspectorate at the Central Science Laboratory (CSL), which will include information on audits of seed imports that the CSL has undertaken on our behalf. This will be placed on the Department's website http://www.defra.gov.uk/.
The testing of food and feed to ensure compliance with relevant legislation is the responsibility of local authorities. Relevant information reporting the test results is not kept centrally.