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Written question asked by Martin Caton (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 February 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 March 2002. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Monday, 4 March 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what locations in the UK cockles have tested positive for diarrhetic shellfish poisoning when other shellfish have tested negative.
Answer

Mr. Caton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health at what locations in the UK cockles have tested positive for diarrhetic shellfish poisoning when other shellfish have tested negative. [37096] Yvette Cooper: There have been six locations where cockles have tested positive for diarrhetic shellfish poisoning while other shellfish sampled on the same day have tested negative. These are the Thames Estuary, the Wash, Whitstable, the Menai Straight, the Burry Inlet and Strangford Lough.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
37096; 381 c122W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Contamination Fisheries Poisoning Cockles
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk