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Food: Microplastics

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 2 February 2026UIN 107969

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of microplastics in the British food chain.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) continues to monitor and assess emerging data regarding microplastics in food. The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products, and the Environment (COT), an independent scientific committee that provides advice to the FSA and other Government departments, is currently considering the issue of microplastics. The FSA is keeping the issue of microplastics under review as new evidence becomes available.

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