HC Deb 19 April 1948 vol 449 cc108-9W
52. Mr. Prescott

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that experiments have proved that fertilising meat and bone meal, imported as a land fertiliser, when fed to poultry causes fowl pest; and whether he will issue a warning to farmers and poultry keepers against this practice.

Mr. T. Williams

I have no knowledge of the experiments in question not any evidence that feeding fertiliser meal has caused fowl pest. I agree, however, that fertiliser meal should not be fed to stock.