§ 52. Mr. FREEMANasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to an advertisement appearing in many newspapers, and particularly on Saturday, 28th December, 1929, in an evening paper, implying that the Health Ministry recommends certain meat extracts; whether this recommendation was given; and, if not, what action he proposes to take in the matter to dissociate the Ministry from such advertisements?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. My Department does not recommend this or any other meat extract. But the advertisement does not appear to contain any misstatement of fact with regard to the Ministry of Health, and while I deprecate such a form of advertisement, I do not think that I can usefully take any action in the matter.
§ Mr. FREEMANMight I assume that the Ministry of Health has never made any such recommendation, and that any such advertisement is entirely misleading, inaccurate, and unjustified?
§ Mr. GREENWOODIf there is any suggestion, explicit or implicit, that the Department has given any such recommendation, it is quite unfounded.