HC Deb 20 March 1888 vol 323 c1778
CAPTAIN COTTON (Cheshire, Wirral)

asked the Secretary to the Local Government Board, Whether, in reference-to his statement that inquiries are being made of the American Consul respecting the alleged adulteration of cheese imported from that country, his attention has been directed also to the increasing quantity of imported cheese from Canada, and, in view of the possible adulteration thereof, the Government will communicate with the Agent General of the Dominion as well as with the American Consul?

THE SECRETARY (Mr. LONG) (Wilts, Devizes)

The Agricultural Department has requested the Colonial Office to obtain from Canada similar information to that which, as I stated last Tuesday, our Consular officers in the United States have been instructed to furnish as to the practice of using animal fat in the manufacture of cheese.