§ Mr. Broadasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food why he granted licences for the sale of a number of products consisting almost entirely of flour and salt as substitutes for powdered milk; and what conditions he attached to the licences?
Major Lloyd GeorgeNo licences have been granted by my Department which permit the sale of any milk substitute to the general public. There are, however, certain manufacturing food operations where milk is employed on account of properties other than those of nutrition and a number of substitutes suitable for this purpose and useful to the trade have been evolved which have been licensed under the Food Substitutes (Control) Order. These licensed products are based on soya flour which is entirely different in composition from wheaten flour. The conditions attaching to all licences in respect of milk substitutes provide (a) that the product must not be sold to the general public and sales must be restricted to the food manufacturing trades and (b) that the 1956W manufacturer must remove from all labels and literature any words suggesting an equivalence to milk and discontinue any trade name or description associated with the word "Milk."