§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has any proposals to improve the monitoring of Chinese cotton seed imported for use as animal feed; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Department is currently working with the feed industry on a survey on the contamination of raw materials of vegetable origin, including cotton seed. The results of the survey will be carefully studied to see whether any further action will be necessary on any of these materials.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has any proposals to introduce labelling requirements for clean animal feeds.
§ Mr. MacleanIt is already an offence to sell animal feeds containing ingredients which are deleterious to animals. Manufacturers are required to label detailed information on nutritional quality and from next January they will also have to declare the ingredients of their feeds.