§ 66. Mr. Pounderasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will introduce legislation to require all canners and packagers of foodstuffs to date stamp all tins and packages with the date of manufacture.
§ Mr. HoyThe Food Standards Committee examined this proposal in its recent comprehensive Report on Food Labelling but made no recommendation on it. A large number of representations about the Report have since been received, including some about date-marking. We are now studying all these representations with a view to formulating proposals for new food labelling regulations as quickly as possible.