§ Mr. Charles Woodasked the Minister of Food whether he can make any statement on his policy of prosecuting dairymen for disposing of surplus milk; and whether he is aware of the adverse criticisms directed against its enforcement on the grounds of its impracticability.
§ Colonel LlewellinNo dairyman is prosecuted for disposing of surplus milk unless he does so in wilful breach of the law. If the surplus arises from the fact that some of his customers do not accept their full allowance, he is free to dispose of it among his other registered customers, but if it is an excess over his full authorised requirements for all his registered customers, he is under a legal duty to 1221W notify the Regional Milk Supply Officer of the amount of the excess. Pending receipt of instructions from the Regional Milk Supply Officer as to its disposal, the dairyman is free to dispose of it to his own registered customers. If, however, he wilfully fails to notify the excess, or continues to sell in breach of the Regional Milk Supply Officer's' instructions when received, he renders himself liable to prosecution. I am not aware that prosecutions in these circumstances are meeting with adverse criticism.