§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to his answer of 28 November,Official Report, column 593, if he will now issue guidelines to ensure that any vehicle having transported meat and bonemeal is regarded as insanitary for the purpose of the Food Hygiene (Market Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations 1966, as amended.
§ Mr. DorrellThe Food Hygiene (Market Stalls and Delivery Vehicles) Regulations 1966 (as amended) require food businesses to keep delivery vehicles clean and to protect food in order to prevent the risk of contamination. A vehicle used to transport meat and bonemeal would not be insanitary if it were effectively kept clean and foods were placed so as to be protected from any risk of contamination.