§ Mr. Speedasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the average bacteria count in United Kingdom-produced milk compared with other European Community countries.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThere are no harmonised Community arrangements for testing milk and the Commission does not collect information for the member states. In the United Kingdom data collected recently by the milk marketing boards indicate that over 97 per cent. of milk produced has a bacterial count of less than 100,000 per millilitre. I understand that in France only 75 per cent. of milk reached this standard in 1981.