§ Mr. Pavittasked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will list in the Official Report the number and publication dates of reports submitted to him by the Food Standards Committee in the last three years;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the recommendations made by the Food Standards Committee in the last three years which have been implemented or which it is his intention to implement; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. FennerThe following five reports by the Food Standards Committee have been published during the last three years:
- Food Labelling (Second Report)—21 December 1979
- Meat Products—29 January 1980
- Claims and Misleading Descriptions (Second Report)—10 March 1980
- Infant Formulae (Artificial Feeds for the Young Infant)—29 April 1981
- Margarine and Other Table Spreads—21 September 198 1
Copies of these reports are available in the Library of the House and each contains a summary of the committee's recommendations.
The recommendations contained in the second report on food labelling were taken into account in the Food Labelling Regulations 1980. Consultations with interested parties on the recommendations in the other reports are still in progress.