§ Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Minister of Food whether he will consider action to make it obligatory to label all jam for sale with an indication of the percentage of fruit which it contains and of the nature of the rest of the contents.
§ Sir B. Smith:I appreciate the suggestion made by the hon. Member. The standards for jam are laid down by the Food Standards (Preserves) Order, 1944, and the use of preservative and/or colouring matter is regulated by the Public Health (Preservatives, Etc., In Food) Regulation. The fruit content varies for different kinds of jam, the aim being to keep up a reasonable supply of the more popular kinds. It would be an offence against the Food Standards and Labelling Order to include in jams any fruits or vegetables not named in the description on the label.