United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 28811
Food: Lead
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4 February 2025
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14 February 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) stop lead contamination in the food supply chain.
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4 February 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) stop lead contamination in the food supply chain.
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14 February 2025
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Defra monitors concentrations of ten heavy metals, including lead, in naturally-growing mosses as part of the European Moss Survey, which takes place every five years. The moss data provide a cost-effective measure of pollution deposition from the atmosph...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-02-04/28811
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1761934
- uk · wq-1761934 · source updated 14 February 2025