Lead: Contamination
Commons · Question 27858 · Tabled 31 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Julian Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2024 to Question 13215 on Lead: Contamination, when the review of lead in food (a) commenced and (b) plans to report.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 6 Feb 2025
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is reviewing dietary lead as part of its ongoing risk analysis of environmental contaminants in food, including in areas with higher exposure. Scoping work has begun to identify the additional evidence needed, including pla...