§ Sir R. Gowerasked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the letter sent to him by the hon. Member for Gillingham with regard to a product which can be mixed with milk to make it self-sterilising; and whether he will investigate this question before proceeding any further with the schemes for compulsory pasteurisation?
§ Mr. E. BrownYes, Sir. The letter suggests that all milk should be bottled on the farm and states that researches are being made with a view to obtaining a product from seaweed to be mixed with milk. Apart from any other considerations which may arise, it is, in my view, most undesirable that preservative substances should be added to food if they can be avoided, and in view of the established merits of pasteurisation, I should not be prepared to delay any measures which may otherwise be found desirable, on account of the investigations referred to.