§ Mr. Michael Brownasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the recommendations of his Department's food standards committee regarding food labelling terms.
§ Mr. WigginI am grateful to the members of the Food Standards Committee, which is a body of independent experts, for their second report on claims and misleading descriptions published on 10 March. The report recommends in general that controls over claims made in respect of food should be more stringent. All interested parties have been invited to comment on the report, and the Government will decide whether action is needed after receiving and considering those comments.