§ MR. FIELDTo ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state if any inspection is made of the boneless meat imported into Great Britain; whether he will cause inquiries to be made; and whether he has any official information showing that this imported boneless meat is being extensively used to make sausages advertised and sold as native pork sausages.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) I understand that inspection of imported boneless meat is frequently made at the Central Meat Market in London, and also to some extent by officers of Metropolitan borough councils. I cannot say how far such inspection is made elsewhere in England and Wales, with which I am alone concerned, but I will consider how far it may be practicable to obtain information on the subject. I am informed that in London packages of American "pork cuttings," which are included in the boneless meat above referred to, are sold at the Central Meat Market to sausage makers, but I do not know whether sausages manufactured from these pork cuttings are advertised or sold as native pork sausages.