§ 110. Mr. Doddsasked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the results of recent experiments indicating that in parts of a Christmas pudding adjacent to threepenny pieces there were 250 parts of copper in a million and in the case of sixpences 360 parts of copper in a million; and, in view of the Government's policy of discouraging the sale of 157W foodstuffs containing more than 20 parts of copper in a million, if he will look into the matter with a view to giving guidance to the public.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithTests have shown that the health risk from putting sixpences and threepenny pieces into Christmas puddings is very slight. A precaution would be to wrap the coins in greaseproof paper or to insert them into the pudding near the time of serving.