| Heading: |
Poultry Meat: Chemicals |
| Question ID: |
1803578 |
| UIN: |
HL7541 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-15 |
| Asking Member ID: |
318 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Spellar
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Lord Spellar
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of chemically washed chicken on human health. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-30 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
No chemicals are approved for the purpose of washing chicken carcasses in the United Kingdom, and therefore, chicken that has been chemically washed cannot be placed on the UK market. Any changes would require ministerial agreement across the nations of t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |