§ 56. Dr. Strossasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the present consumption of fortified flour, in all forms, which is of 70 per cent. extraction, giving the figure in the form of a percentage of the total wheat flour consumed.
Mr. AmoryThe statistics of production and imports of flour do not show how much is of 70 per cent. extraction.
§ 57. Dr. Strossasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is aware that flour used in baking standard National bread is at times of a higher extraction rate than is laid down by relations and what steps are being taken to ensure that the regulation is complied with.
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Mr. AmoryI am aware that because of certain technical difficulties which have arisen in the practical application of the provisions of the Flour Order, the present situation is unsatisfactory. This was one of the considerations which led the Government in May to appoint a Panel to make an independent assessment of the composition and nutritional value of flour of varying extraction rates. I hope that the report of the Panel will reach me by the end of the year.