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Lead: Contamination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Food Standards Agency plans to (a) complete and (b) publish its review of dietary lead as part of its risk analysis programme.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
28 Oct 2024
Answer
30 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Food Standards Agency plans to (a) complete and (b) publish its review of dietary lead as part of its risk analysis programme.

  2. 28 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is planning to review dietary lead as part of its rolling programme of risk analysis of environmental contaminants in food. This will include consideration of areas where exposure is likely to be higher.Previous reviews of ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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