§ MR. COURTHOPETo ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is aware that frozen meat from the Argentine has recently been seized in Hull affected with glandular tuberculosis, although accompanied by the official label of the Argentine Government certifying that the meat was sound; and what steps he proposes to take to safeguard the 295 health of the community from such occurrences in future.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) The Answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. Regulations under The Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Act, 1907, are in preparation, and will, I hope, soon be issued, to confer additional powers on port sanitary authorities, and to enable them to deal suitably with any diseased meat which may be detected on arrival in this Country.