§ 19. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will consult the interests concerned on the desirability of marking bacon in the shops to differentiate between home supplies, Empire supplies and foreign supplies, as in the case of butchers' meat.
Mr. AmoryThere is already an Order made under the Merchandise Marks Act, 1926, requiring the marking of Empire and foreign bacon. I have no power tinder the Act to require the marking of home supplies of bacon or other foods, and I must leave it to the interests concerned to decide for themselves, as in the case of butchers' meat, whether voluntary action is desirable.
§ Mr. HurdCould my right hon. Friend say whether this Order applying to bacon is broadly in just the same terms as the Order applying to butchers' meat? In the butchers' shops we see the home product marked "Home killed."
Mr. AmoryYes, I think it is, broadly speaking. I am sure my hon. Friend will agree that where there is a marked superiority in the home produce the retailers are likely to mark the product as home produced in their own interests.