§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that Bordeaux mixture (sulphate of copper and lime), containing a proportion of arsenic, is being used as an insecticide on apples; and, as these apples are frequently eaten by children before being cleaned, will he take such action as will secure the removal of any insecticide deposit before the apples are packed or sold for human consumption?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINYes, Sir. The matter has been under the observation of my Department for a number of 1753W years, but the quantities of arsenic which had been actually found on apples exposed for sale had been so minute as not to justify the institution of special restrictive measures.