§ Mr. CRUMLEYasked the President whether he can give the names and the number of firms in Great Britain engaged in the manufacture of bovril and other meat extracts, and where they are situated; whether he can say if inspectors belonging to his Department regularly inspect those factories to see that sound meat, and meat only, is used in the manufacture of bovril and like commodities; is there any register kept of the number of cattle slaughtered for the production of bovril, and are they home produced or foreign animals; and can he give the number of carcases used in bovril manufacture per year?
§ Mr. BURNSI am not able to supply the information indicated in the first part of the question. So far as I am aware these meat extracts are not prepared from meat in this country. Inspectors from my Department do not inspect the factories. Under the Public Health Acts the duty of inspecting articles of food intended for sale for human consumption rests on the local authority. I am not aware whether any register is kept of the number of animals slaughtered for the production of meat extracts and of the number of carcases used in their manufacture.