HL Deb 12 May 1953 vol 182 cc451-2WA
LORD HANKEY

asked Her Majesty's Government for lists of countries in Europe and North America in which the use of agene in flour for human consumption is permitted, and of those countries in which agene is prohibited.

THE JOINT PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (LORD CARRINGTON)

The treatment of flour for human consumption with nitrogen trichloride (Agene) is permitted in the United Kingdom, Eire, Holland, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Sweden and Finland. It is prohibited in Canada, the United States, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey and Greece.

House adjourned at ten minutes before six o'clock