§ Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce regulations to require the amount of erurcic acid in cooking oils to be restricted to a stated percentage, and to require cooking oil labels to state the amount of erurcic acid in the product.
§ Mr. StrangThe Government's medical advisers are keeping a continuous watch on the situation in the light of information becoming available throughout the world. They have not so far seen any evidence of a hazard to the health of consumers from erurcic acid in food which would justify the imposition of requirements of the kind suggested by my hon. Friend.