§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she will list the regulations which retail butchers have to comply with as regards labelling and price display of meat offered for sale.
§ Mr. John FraserRequirements for the labelling of meat in retail butchers' shops in England and Wales are contained in the Food and Drugs Act 1955 and the Labelling of Food Regulations 1970 (as amended); these are the responsibility of my right hon. Friends the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the 225W Secretary of State for Social Services. Similar provisions apply in Scotland. The Price Marking (Meat and Fish) Order 1974 relates specifically to the indication of the price of prepacked and certain non-prepacked fresh, chilled and frozen meat. Consultations are nearing completion about the extension of unit pricing to most normal retail cuts of meat.