My Lords, consumers in the UK benefit from a high standard of food and feed safety and quality. The Government are committed to ensuring that this high standard is maintained when the UK leaves the European Union. This instrument is crucial to meeting our objective to continue to protect public...

My Lords, consumers in the UK benefit from a high standard of food and feed safety and quality. The Government are committed to ensuring that this high standard is maintained when the UK leaves the European Union. This instrument is crucial to meeting our objective to continue to protect public...

My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on her explanation of this statutory instrument. We are of course back in the territory of whether there will a deal or no deal. Even more bizarrely, this will depend on the machinations of her party over the coming weeks and on who ends...

My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on her explanation of this statutory instrument. We are of course back in the territory of whether there will a deal or no deal. Even more bizarrely, this will depend on the machinations of her party over the coming weeks and on who ends...

My Lords, I too thank the Minister for outlining all the technical details of this SI. Of course, this instrument has been withdrawn from the Order Paper twice before. Some of the changes made since we originally saw it are small but crucial. We are lucky that they have been...

My Lords, I too thank the Minister for outlining all the technical details of this SI. Of course, this instrument has been withdrawn from the Order Paper twice before. Some of the changes made since we originally saw it are small but crucial. We are lucky that they have been...

I thank the noble Baronesses for their important questions. We have been through a number of periods of scrutiny on FSA SIs between us, so I feel that we are old hands at this.

The noble Baronesses will know that leaving the EU does not change the FSA’s top priority, which...

I thank the noble Baronesses for their important questions. We have been through a number of periods of scrutiny on FSA SIs between us, so I feel that we are old hands at this.

The noble Baronesses will know that leaving the EU does not change the FSA’s top priority, which...

Can we be clear that that very important undertaking she has just given the House also applies to animal welfare standards in the European Union and currently in this country?

Can we be clear that that very important undertaking she has just given the House also applies to animal welfare standards in the European Union and currently in this country?

That is obviously not my brief, but I know that those commitments have been made from this Dispatch Box and I am very happy to give the noble Lord that commitment.

I shall move on to the important questions that were raised regarding trichinella resources. We have brought in these amendments...

That is obviously not my brief, but I know that those commitments have been made from this Dispatch Box and I am very happy to give the noble Lord that commitment.

I shall move on to the important questions that were raised regarding trichinella resources. We have brought in these amendments...

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

This briefing note describes the science and technology underpinning the irradiation of foods. POSTnote 1. POST. 1989. https://doi.org/10.58248/PN001

This briefing note describes the science and technology underpinning the irradiation of foods. POSTnote 1. POST. 1989. https://doi.org/10.58248/PN001

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the level of irradiation allowed by the Codex Alimentarius is effective in reducing the risk of bacterial contamination or whether it should be augmented.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the level of irradiation allowed by the Codex Alimentarius is effective in reducing the risk of bacterial contamination or whether it should be augmented.

Food Irradiation (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (SI, 2010, No. 2312), dated 19 September 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command). Coming into force 20 October 2010.

Food Irradiation (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (SI, 2010, No. 2312), dated 19 September 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command). Coming into force 20 October 2010.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what resources they are planning to protect and inform the public of the incidence of irradiated foodstuffs.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what resources they are planning to protect and inform the public of the incidence of irradiated foodstuffs.

Irradiation of food. By Christopher Barclay. SN/SC/1530.

Irradiation of food. By Christopher Barclay. SN/SC/1530.

SI 2009/1584. Together with an explanatory memorandum and impact assessment from the Department of Health. Coming into force 31 July 2009.

SI 2009/1584. Together with an explanatory memorandum and impact assessment from the Department of Health. Coming into force 31 July 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what consideration his Department has given to the use of ultra-violet germicidal irradiation disinfection devices in the healthcare sector;

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what consideration his Department has given to the use of ultra-violet germicidal irradiation disinfection devices in the healthcare sector;

(3) what plans his Department has to commission research into the effects and merits of ultra-violet germicidal irradiation technology; what assessment has been made of (a) the costs and (b) the merits of introducing such technology; and if he will make a statement.

(3) what plans his Department has to commission research into the effects and merits of ultra-violet germicidal irradiation technology; what assessment has been made of (a) the costs and (b) the merits of introducing such technology; and if he will make a statement.

(2) whether his Department has investigated the use of ultra-violet germicidal irradiation technology in combating tuberculosis infection;

(2) whether his Department has investigated the use of ultra-violet germicidal irradiation technology in combating tuberculosis infection;