Table Of ContentThe British Diet:
Finding the Facts
1989 - 1993
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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
THE BRITISH DIET:
FINDING THE FACTS
1989-1993
The fortieth report of the Steering Group
on Chemical Aspects of Food Surveillance
Wellcome Centre for Medical Science
Food Surveillance Paper No. 40
LONDON: HMSO
© Crown copyright 1994
Applications for reproduction should be made to HMSO
First published 1994
ISBN 0 11 242969 6
Previous Food Surveillance Papers published by HMSO are as follows:
Food Surveillance Title
Paper No.
The surveillance of food contamination in the United Kingdom
Survey of vinyl chloride content of polyvinyl chloride for food contact
and of foods
Survey of vinylidene chloride levels in food contact materials and in
foods
Survey of mycotoxins in the United Kingdom
Survey of copper and zinc in food
Survey of acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile levels in food contact
materials and in foods
Survey of dieldrin residues in food
Survey of arsenic in food
Report of the Working Party on Pesticide Residues (1977-1981)
Survey of lead in food: second supplementary report
Survey of styrene levels in food contact materials and in foods
Survey of cadmium in food: first supplementary report
Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) residues in food and human tissues
Steering Group on Food Surveillance progress report 1984
Survey of aluminium, antimony, chromium, cobalt, indium, nickel,
thallium and tin in food
Report of the Working Party on Pesticide Residues (1982 to 1985)
Survey of mercury in food: second supplementary report
Mycotoxins
Survey of colour usage in food
Nitrate, nitrite and N-nitroso compounds in food
Survey of plasticiser levels in food contact materials and in foods
Anabolic, anthelmintic and antimicrobial agents
The British diet: finding the facts
Food Surveillance 1985 to 1988
Report of the Working Party on Pesticide Residues: 1985-88
Migration of substances from food contact materials into food
Lead in food: progress report
Programmes to monitor radioactivity in food
Intakes of intense and bulk sweeteners in the UK 1987-1988
Plasticisers: continuing surveillance
Dioxins in food
Nitrate, nitrite and N-nitroso compounds in food: second report
Veterinary residues in animal products 1986 to 1990
Report of the Working Party on Pesticide Residues: 1988-90
Food chemical surveillance 1989 to 1992
Mycotoxins: third report
Dietary intake of food additives in the UK: initial surveillance
Progress Report of the Working Party on Chemical Contaminants from
Food Contact Materials 1988 to 1992
Aluminium in food
(ii)
STEERING GROUP ON CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF FOOD
SURVEILLANCE
This report was considered and recommended for publication by the Steering Group
on Chemical Aspects of Food Surveillance (formerly the Steering Group on Food
Surveillance) whose membership was then as follows:
Dr W HB Denner BSc, PhD Ministry of Agriculture,
(Chairman) Fisheries and Food
Dr J C Sherlock BSc, PhD, CChem, Ministry of Agriculture,
(Deputy Chairman) FRSC, FIFST Fisheries and Food
Dr D P Atkins Bsc. PhD Ministry of Agriculture,
(Secretary) Fisheries and Food
Mrs J Hayes Ministry of Agriculture,
(Administrative Fisheries and Food
Secretary)
Dr M E McQuillan BSc, PhD Ministry of Agriculture,
(Minutes Secretary) Fisheries and Food
Mrs E A Attridge Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food
Professor B W Bycroft BSc, PhD, CChem, University of
FRSC Nottingham
Professor J Caldwell BPharm, PhD, DSc, St Mary’s Hospital
CBiol, FBiol Medical School
Mr B HB Dickinson Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food
Dr GE Diggle MB, BS, MFPM, AKC Department of Health
Mr A J Harrison OBE, MChemA, FRSC, Public Analyst
FIFST, FRSH
Professor S R Jones BSc, PhD British Nuclear Fuels plc
Mr C P Kendall Department of Health
Dr N J King BSc, PhD Department of the
Environment
Ms S Leather BA, BPhil, MA, CQSW Consumer representative
Dr A F MacLeod LRCP, LRCS, The Scottish Office
LRFP & S, MFPHMI Home and Health
Department
(iii)
Dr C H McMurray BSc, BAgr, PhD, FRSC, Department of
CChem, FIFST Agriculture for Northern
Ireland
Dr P I Stanley BSc, PhD Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food
MA (Cantab), FIFST
Mr P W Strachan Colmans of Norwich
(iv)
STEERING GROUP ON CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF FOOD
SURVEILLANCE
Terms of Reference
To identify through surveillance the need for action to ensure the chemical safety and
nutritional adequacy of food.
(v)
This report was prepared by the Working Party on Nutrients in Food and the Working
Party on Dietary Surveys.
WORKING PARTY ON NUTRIENTS IN FOOD
At the time of preparation of this report, the membership was as follows:
Dr R Harding BSc, MSc, PhD, Ministry of Agriculture,
(Chairman) Barrister Fisheries and Food
Ms R Abraham BSc, SRD Northwick Park Hospital
Ms S Anderson BSc, SRD Freelance dietitian
Dr D H Buss BSc, PhD, FIFST Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food
Dr R Cottrell PhD, CChem, FRSC, The Sugar Bureau
FIFST, FRSH, FRSA
Mr M J L Day MA Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food
MB, BCh, FFPHM(I),
Dr C Hall DHSS Northern Ireland
DRCOG
Mr B Harrison BSc, Mags, MIBiol, H J Heinz Co Ltd
AIFST
Ms B Holland BSc, SRD Royal Society of
Chemistry
Mr M Kipps BSc, MSc University of Surrey
Dr A R Leeds MB, BS, MSc King’s College London
Dr J Ludlow MCBH, MBChB, Welsh Office
MFPhM, PhD
Mr I Lumley BSc, MSc, CChem, Laboratory of the
MRSC Government Chemist
Dr R Skinner MBBS, MSc, MD, The Scottish Office
MFPHM, PhD Home and Health
Department
Professor D A T BSc, PhD, CBiol, AFRC IFR Norwich
Southgate MIBiol (until Aug 1992); now
Visiting Professor
University Newcastle
upon Tyne
Mr R Wenlock BSc, DipNutr, FRSH Department of Health
(vi)
Scientific Secretariat:
Ms J Lewis BSc, SRD Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food
Miss G Smithers BSc Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food
(vil)
WORKING PARTY ON NUTRIENTS IN FOOD
Terms of Reference
(1) To identify areas in which information on the content and availability of nutrients
in foods is required to ensure that the nation’s food supplies and diets can be
adequately monitored; to review programmes for maintaining McCance and
Widdowson’s The Composition of Foods and the Ministry’s nutrient databank; to
assess priorities; and to propose means of obtaining information;
(11) When requested, to advise other committees and departments; and
(iii) To report at intervals to the Steering Group on Chemical Aspects of Food
Surveillance and, when appropriate, to request publication of the results in Food
Surveillance Papers.
(viii)
