§ Mr. Newensasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list any foodstuffs produced in Great Britain over the course of the last year which have been rendered unfit for human consumption or destroyed in accordance with EEC policy and indicate the quantities involved in each case.
§ Mr. BishopIn the year ending 28 February 1979, 105,586 tonnes of skimmed milk powder surplus to human requirements were denatured for animal feed.
During the same period 2,786 tonnes of apples were withdrawn from the market, of which 8 tonnes went for human consumption, 296 tonnes were fed to animals, 69 tonnes were ploughed in and 956 tonnes destroyed; details of disposal of 663W the remaining 1,457 tonnes are not yet available. Of the 6,098 tonnes of cauliflowers withdrawn from the market, one tonne went for human consumption, 505 tonnes were fed to animals and 5,592 tonnes were ploughed in. Of the 6,200 tonnes of fish provisionally estimated to have been withdrawn, 5,857 tonnes were used for animal feed and fish meal, 157 tonnes were used as fertiliser and 186 tonnes were returned to the sea.