§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the draft scheme for the Food Standards Agency to comply with Welsh language obligations has been finalised; and when it will be implemented. [49227]
§ Yvette CooperFollowing a period of public consultation, the draft Welsh Language Scheme was approved by the Welsh Language Board on 5 March 2002. The scheme will be officially launched shortly. Many aspects of the scheme have already been adopted by the food Standards Agency.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the service delivery agreement target of the Food Standards Agency to ensure effective enforcement of animal feed legislation has been met. [49247]
§ Yvette CooperThe Food Standards Agency (FSA) is carrying out a number of initiatives to ensure effective enforcement of animal feed legislation. In particular, the FSA is making available over £7 million to local authorities to help them increase enforcement of food legislation.
Feed law enforcement is part of the FSA's Framework Agreement with Local Authorities on Food Law Enforcement. Returns being provided under that 626W agreement will help the FSA to check the use of resources and ensure feed controls are being properly enforced. The initial results are not yet available.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the service delivery agreement target of the Food Standards Agency to undertake additional research into new techniques for assessing the safety of genetically modified foods has been met. [49246]
§ Yvette CooperA three year research programme looking at the applicability of new and emerging techniques to the safety assessment of genetically modified foods began in September 2001.