§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact on consumption of milk chocolate in the EU of its re-designation as family milk chocolate. [139133]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI have been asked to reply.
Directive 2000/36/EC harmonising labelling and composition rules on cocoa and chocolate products only took effect on 3 August 2003. It is therefore too early to make an assessment on whether there has been any effect on the consumption of milk chocolate in the European Union.