HC Deb 11 July 1972 vol 840 cc292-3W
56. Mrs. Joyce Butler

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ask the Foods Standards Committee to consider the desirability of requiring sausages sold to catering establishments to contain the same percentage of meat as is required for sausages on sale to the public.

Mr. Peter Mills

The exemption of sales to caterers from the compositional standards provisions of the regulations applying to meat products is intended to allow the caterer freedom in the preparation of the meals supplied to his customers although the meals themselves must comply with the standards. The need to continue to include sausages within the scope of this exemption will be reviewed.