HC Deb 11 March 1954 vol 524 c2410
13 Mr. Steele

asked the Minister of Health if he is now in a position to state the result of the inquiries he has made into the recent case of typhoid germs being discovered in tinned food.

Mr. Iain Macleod

Inquiries are still proceeding and I am not yet in a position to make a full statement of the results. No case of typhoid attributable to this source has been notified.

Mr. Steele

Could the Minister tell us at this stage if, in fact, this milk was processed in accordance with what was advertised on the labels?

Mr. Macleod

I cannot at the moment. There is a complication, as I am sure the hon. Member realises, in that inquiries into this matter are being made in Ireland. I have to await the results of the local health authority investigations there. I will inform the hon. Member privately as soon as the investigation is complete, and he might like to put down a Question.