16. Mr. PRICEasked the Minister of Health where the imports of bacon from Lithuania and Poland are examined; whether the bacon is imported chemically cured or smoked; and what quantity was rejected as unfit for human food in the 12 months ended 31st December, 1931?
§ Mr. E. BROWNBacon is consigned from Lithuania and Poland to Bermondsey and Hull. It may be examined there and at other ports to which it is transhipped, such as Liverpool and Newcastle. It is brine-cured, in accordance with the Regulations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. My right hon. 140 Friend regrets that he cannot state separately the total quantity of bacon from these particular countries which has been condemned.