58. Mr. De la Bèreasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, with a view to encouraging the manufacture of jam from fresh home-grown fruit, he will introduce legislation to ensure that jam manufactured from pulp preserved in sulphurous acid should be labelled as such and should not be allowed to be sold as fresh fruit jam?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Captain Euan Wallace)The labelling of jam in the manner suggested is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Minister of Health, who informs me that in the light of information at present before him he does not consider it necessary to require declaration of the presence in jam of the amount of sulphur dioxide now permitted by the preservative regulations.
Mr. De la BèreIs the Minister aware that in the Vale of Evesham they do require this, and that where there is a will there is a way, and will he give it a second thought in February when we return?