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Drinking Water and Food: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current regulatory framework for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in (a) food and (b) drinking water.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
4 Dec 2025
Answer
9 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current regulatory framework for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in (a) food and (b) drinking water.

  2. 4 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Food Standards Agency (FSA) aims to keep levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food as low as reasonably achievable and is keeping the issue of PFAS under review. Food business operators have a legal responsibility to ensure that any...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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