§ 90. Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is satisfied that new proposals for 345W the labelling of pre-packed cuts of imported meat, which provide for lettering only an eighth of an inch high, will ensure that the necessary information is sufficiently legible to customers, when lettering on cuts not pre-packed is required to be half an inch high; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John MackieThis was one of the questions considered by the Standing Committee set up under the Merchandise Marks Act, 1926, in its Report which was published on 26th October last. The proposals for smaller lettering in certain cases are based on the Committee's recommendations, though they have been extended to cover slightly heavier packs of meat. It seems reasonable to permit a lower minimum size for lettering on a label which will be read when the package is held in the hand than for lettering on a ticket displayed with an unpacked article and intended to be read at a distance.