§ Mr. Boothbyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food when it is expected that all white flour sold in this country will be fortified with aneurin, synthetic Vitamin B1?
Major Lloyd GeorgeI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for London University (Sir E. Graham-Little) on 10th September. It is not possible, at present, to give a reliable estimate as to when all the white flour sold in this country will be fortified with aneurin, synthetic Vitamin B1.
§ Mr. Boothbyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether it is proposed to add calcium to the fortified white flour; and whether the views of the Scientific Advisory Committee on this question have been ascertained?
Major Lloyd GeorgeI would refer my hon. Friend to the first part of the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for London University (Sir E. Graham-Little)472W on 10th September. The views of the Scientific Committee on Food Policy have been ascertained.
§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food when the addition of calcium to the fortified loaf, proposed in July, 1940, will be put into operation; in what form calcium will be added, and in what quantity; and from what source the vitamin B1 added to the fortified loaf is now obtained and in what quantity from each individual source?
Major Lloyd GeorgeAs regards the first part of the Question, I regret I am not in a position at present to make any further statement as to when or in what form and what quantity calcium will be added to the fortified loaf. As regards the second part of the Question, the vitamin B1 added to the fortified loaf is at present obtained from a firm of manufacturers in the United Kingdom and from the United States under Lease-Lend arrangements. It is not considered advisable in the national interest to publish the quantity obtained from each individual source. White flour fortified with vitamin B1 is also now being imported from Canada.