Mr. Astorasked the Minister of Food whether, as the regulations imposed by his Department are preventing the conversion of waste applies into unfermented apple juice, he will consider revising them.
§ Colonel LlewellinThe regulations of my Department do not prevent the conversion of waste apples into unfermented apple juice, and I see no necessity for revising them. The sale of unfermented apple juice is unrestricted provided it complies with the definition in the Soft Drinks Order. Production is nominally limited, but the quantity which may be made exceeds the former output of the1446W established firms and is equal to the maximum capacity of their plant. One firm which did not previously make this product has sought to prepare and sell an apple juice drink that does not conform to the definition of unfermented apple juice in the Order. They will be enabled to dispose of their stock; but not to undertake further production at the present time. The fruit they proposed to obtain for the purpose from an apple packing station will not be wasted. There are alternative buyers available, including an existing producer of unfermented apple juice falling within the above-mentioned definition.