§ Sir R. Glynasked the Minister of Food whether any regulations have been made to prohibit the provision of horseflesh with normal meat being served in catering establishments; and whether any obligation rests on managers of such establishments to declare that horseflesh is being served to customers.
§ Mr. StracheyThe Horseflesh (Control and Maximum Prices) Order, 1941 (S.R. & O. 1941, No. 1862) provides that no person shall sell or expose or deposit for sale any horseflesh for human consumption in any premises where other than horseflesh is sold or offered for sale for human consumption, and the same Order prohibits the manufacture or sale for human consumption of any meat paste, soup, meat roll or gelantine, ready or prepared meal, sausage, meat pie or other meat product or compound article of food containing horseflesh. Further, Section 38 of the Foods and Drugs Act, 1938 provides that no person shall sell any horseflesh for human consumption unless a notice stating that horseflesh is sold there is conspicuously displayed, and also provides that no person shall supply horseflesh for human consumption to a purchaser who has not asked to be supplied with horseflesh.