Food: Lead
Commons · Question 6212 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Sir Julian Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of food chain information sheets for allowing farmers rearing animals on land with high lead levels to (a) accurately declare this information and (b) di
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 9 Oct 2024
Lead is a naturally occurring contaminant in the environment. Independent scientific expert groups advise that exposure to lead should be reduced as much as possible. Maximum levels are set on the ‘as low as reasonably achievable’ basis. Levels focus on f...