Written question asked by Andrew Bennett (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 26 January 1988. It was answered by Edwina Currie (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 January 1988 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Security.

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Written question

Question

To give instances each year since 1980 of irradiated foodstuffs imported into UK being returned, of foodstuffs being imported for domestic consumption; if any method developed of testing imported foodstuffs to determine if they have been subjected to irradiation for purpose of preservation & how many prosecutions each year since 1980 for importation.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

126 c177W

Session

1987-88

Subjects

Food Imports Prosecutions Testing Irradiation

Contains statistics

Yes