§ Miss Holtasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has any plans to amend the Food and Drugs Act 1955 in order to make it an offence to sell any food containing any residue of any harmful substance.
§ Mrs. FennerNo. The existing provisions of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 provide that it is an offence:
- (a) to add any substance to food, use any substance as an ingredient in the preparation of food, or subject food to any process or treatment so as to render it injurious to health;
- (b) to sell to the prejudice of the purchaser any food that is not the nature, substance or quality demanded; and
- (c) to sell any food unfit for human consumption.
In addition, powers are already available under the Act to impose such controls by regulations as are necessary to protect the health of consumers.