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Nutrigenomic Testing

Volume 455: debated on Thursday 11 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of trends in nutrigenomic testing and diets. (113098)

No assessment has been made of trends in nutrigenomic testing. However, the Food Standards Agency is investigating the possibility of including DNA analysis as part of the recently commissioned National Diet and Nutrition Survey programme. As well as considering the overall balance of the survey programme the inclusion of such work would also be subject to securing ethical approval.