HC Deb 18 February 1975 vol 886 c345W
Mrs. Joyce Butler

asked 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. Strang

The 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.