§ Miss Quennellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will consider the application in the United Kingdom of the widespread continental practice of marking the constituents of manufactured or processed animal feedingstuffs on the wrapper, or container.
§ Mr. Anthony Stodart:Regulations under the Fertiliser and Feedingstuffs Act. 1926, require that a seller of a scheduled feedingstuff provides a statutory statement which in the case of a compound feeding- stuff must show the percentages of protein, oil, fibre and specified additives in the feed. It is not practicable to require full details of all ingredients to be given statutorily, as inspectors and analysts cannot check such statements quantitatively owing to the wide range and complex nature of the materials involved. The Act makes it an offence to supply feedingstuffs containing deleterious ingredients and requires that compounds should be fit for use as feedingstuffs.