§ Sir J. Wardlaw-Milneasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider making it compulsory that all jam made from imported pulp should be so labelled so as to distinguish it clearly from that produced from fresh fruit?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe only statutory provisions having any relation to the matter which is the subject of the question are contained in the Merchandise Marks Act, 1936, but imported goods which before sale have undergone, in the United Kingdom, any treatment or process resulting in a substantial change in the goods, are specially excepted from the scope of the Act. If, therefore, as seems probable, the conversion of imported fruit pulp into jam was held to involve a substantial change in the goods, a Marking Order applicable to imported fruit pulp would not continue to apply to the jam into which that pulp was manufactured after importation.
§ Sir J. Wardlaw-Milneasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that certain jams sold in this country are manufactured from pulp preserved in sulphurous acid; and whether he will consider the desirability of securing that such jams shall be labelled in some way so that the public may know the source of manufacture?
§ Sir K. WoodYes, Sir. I am aware of the facts as stated, but on the information before me I do not consider that it is necessary to require declaration of the presence in jam of the amount of sulphur dioxide now permitted by the Preservatives Regulations.