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Mr. Raphael Tuck
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what evidence he has of contamination of tinned salmon by methyl mercury.
Mr. Prior
The examination in December of 30 samples of tinned salmon by the Laboratory of the Government Chemist showed that no tin had a mercury content higher than 0·1 parts per million, which is a very low figure. A number of tins had no measurable mercury residue. Tinned salmon will be included in the monitoring arrangements which I announced in the House on 19th January.—[Vol. 809, c. 712–14.]