§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislation requiring baby food products to bear labels stating their(a) meat content, (b) calorie content and (c) protein content; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacleanThe European Commission has issued a draft directive which lays down compositional and labelling requirements for cereal-based and other processed foods for infants and young children. The proposals set out minimum content levels for meat and certain other characteristic ingredients and require a statement of the available energy and protein content to appear on the label. Negotiations in Brussels are scheduled to commence early in June. The Commission also intends to introduce proposals shortly on quantitative ingredients declaration of foodstuffs.