Written question asked by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 April 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 April 1998. It was answered by Baroness Jowell (Labour) on Monday, 6 April 1998 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the food science research contracts allocated by his Department and its agencies in 1997-98 broken down by (a) length of contract, (b) value of contract and (c) institution securing the contract. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Charles Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the food science research contracts allocated by his Department and its agencies in 1997-98 broken down by (a) length of contract, (b) value of contract and (c) institution securing the contract. [37951] Ms Jowell: The Department funds the following contracts which could be considered to fall under the heading of food science research: Department of Health food science related research projects: contracts issued in 1997-98 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Project title Duration Cost (£) Organisation Assessment of the degree of heat 9 months 59,352 University of Reading treatment necessary to destroy E.coli O157 in lamb A study using molecular typing 6 months 21,142 Exeter Public Health Laboratory methodologies to examine the effect of transport crate re-use and crate washing techniques on the contamination of broiler chickens with Campylobacter species Investigation of methods of 6 months 5,971 Preston Public Health recording and logging food Laboratory samples submitted for microbiological analysis _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In addition, the Department currently funds a Unit at St. Bartholomew's Hospital for research into the toxicology of chemicals some of which can be found in food.

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