Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential risks for public health of GMO food and feed being placed on the UK market without any food safety assessment taking place.

All genetically modified food and feed products must receive an extensive risk assessment under the regulatory framework. This involves a detailed assessment of whether the foods could be toxic, the nutritional value and whether the products could cause allergic reactions. These products will only enter the food chain if judged to not present a risk to human health, animal health or the environment, not mislead consumers and not have less nutritional value than existing equivalent products.