§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has any plans to ban the sale of food marked with a sell-by date or best-before date which has passed.
§ Mrs. FennerNo. Date marking is intended to indicate when the product is at its peak, but it is not necessarily unwholesome after then. It is an offence under the Food Acts to sell or offer for sale food which is unfit for human consumption.