§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will provide information as to the number of prosecutions which have been instituted by local authorities of England and Wales during the past three years with regard to low meat content of sausages; and whether, in view of his decision that it is not possible for him to fix a definite standard for this purpose, he will take some steps to advise local authorities to adopt reasonably uniform principles in this respect, with a view to facilitating sausage distribution.
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§ Mr. John HareEnforcing authorities are not required to notify me of such prosecutions under the Food and Drugs Act, and figures for the past three years are not therefore available. My information is that the practice of the Food and Drugs Authorities is already reasonably uniform and that sausage manufacturers are well aware of the limits below which there is risk of prosecution for low meat content of sausages.