§ Mr. Cohenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he received from the BBC on behalf of the staff of the "Food and Drink" programme about food labelling; and what has been his response.
§ Mrs. FennerI was sent on 13 February copies of the top four entries to the BBC "Food and Drink" programme labelling competition and I undertook to look at these ideas alongside other comments received on our proposals for fat and nutrition labelling of food. In my acknowledgement I did draw to the attention of the programme producers the difficulty of reconciling this selective graphic format with guidelines which allow for a full nutritional profile using words and figures.
§ Mr. Cohenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, as part of his proposals for the compulsory labelling of fat content in food, he will incorporate a mandatory requirement for the inclusion of a symbolic representation of the fat content.
516W(3) how many people were employed in the training and education of nurses, by specialist category, in Wales in 1975 and in each subsequent year.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe available information is given in the following table:
§ Mrs. FennerThe draft proposals for compulsory labelling of fat require levels of both total and saturated fatty acids to be displayed numerically, normally on a grams per 100 gram basis. We have no proposal for requiring in addition a symbolic representation.
§ Mr. Cohenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, as part of his proposals for the voluntary labelling of salt, sugar and fibre content in food, he will incorporate a requirement for the inclusion of symbolic representation of these constituents.
§ Mrs. FennerNo. Our guidelines for voluntary nutrition labelling provide for the declaration of a wide range of nutrients including salt, sugar and fibre, and I can seen no justification for giving special prominence to these items by selective graphic representation.