§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take action to prohibit the use of monosodium glutamate as a food additive.
§ Mr. StrangNo. The use in food of flavor modifiers such as monosodium
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Name of Body Number of Unpaid Appointments Advisory Council for Agriculture and Horticulture 11 Agricultural Chemicals Approval Scheme (Insecticides, Fungicides and Herbicides) Scientific Advisory Committee 7 Agricultural Colleges: Governing Bodies: Seale-Hayne Agricultural College 1 Royal Agriculture College, Cirencester 1 Wye College 1 Harper Adams Agricultural College 1 Shuttleworth College 1 Chadacre Agriculture Institute 1 Agricultural Research Institutes: Governing Bodies: Agricultural Committee: University of Bristol 1 Animal Virus Research Institute 7 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Education and Science and Scotland) Glasshouse Crops Research Institute 14 (jointly with Secretary of State for Education and Science) Grassland Research Institute 13 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Education and Science and Scotland) Houghton Poultry Research Station 9 (jointly with Secretaries of State for Education and Science and Scotland) glutamate is at present being reviewed by the independent expert committees that advise us on these matters. Action would, of course, be taken in advance of the completion of their review if the committees were at any time to advise us that this was necessary.