§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has any plans to introduce quantitative labelling of characterising ingredients in food products for human consumption.
§ Mr. GummerThe European Commission is committed to making proposals requiring quantitative declaration of the major characterising ingredients of foodstuffs as part of its single market programme. The United Kingdom has been pressing the Commission to bring forward proposals and they are expected to be tabled formally within the next few months.