§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with which health consumer organisations he is consulting in regard to nutritional labelling.
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§ Mr. MacGregorIf we make any proposals for the nutrition labelling of foods we shall consult representatives of all organisations that appear to be substantially affected by the proposals. This would include representatives of health consumer organisations.
§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with which health consumer organisations he is undertaking research in regard to nutritional labelling.
§ Mr. MacGregorIn conjunction with the Consumer's Association and the National Consumer Council, we have commissioned a survey by professional market research companies into consumer's attitudes towards and understanding of various formats of fat and nutrition labelling of foods. The results of this survey are expected in May.
§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on which consultative bodies relating to nutritional labelling his Department is represented; and with what status.
§ Mr. MacGregorWith my colleagues I appoint members to the Food Advisory Committee and my Department provides the administrative and technical secretariat. One of my officials has observer status at the meetings of the Joint Advisory Committee on Nutrition Education.