§ 91. Mr. Awberyasked the Minister of Food if he is aware of the potential dangers to public health arising from his recent action in sanctioning the sale by public auction of condemned and inedible meat and offals from slaughterhouses throughout the country; that there is no statutory obligation on the purchaser to remove the danger by a method of processing; that the meat can be taken from one authority to another to be sold for human consumption; and if he will take steps to discontinue this dangerous practice and have the meat processed in such a way as to render it harmless before it is sold by auction.
Dr. HillThis meat and offal is stained green before despatch from slaugher-houses. It would be an offence under the Food and Drugs Act to sell or offer to sell such meat for human consumption, and I have no evidence that any such sales have taken place.