§ Mr. Eadieasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many prosecutions took place for imported frozen chickens in 1983, 1984, 1985 and to the nearest available date in 1986; and if he will list the countries involved in the imports.
§ Mr. GummerThe port health and food and drugs authorities are responsible for enforcement of the Imported Food Regulations 1984 and the European Community's regulations on the water content of frozen chickens. They are not required to inform my Department of prosecutions but I am aware of two successful prosecutions for excess water content since 1983—one in December 1985 and the other in February 1986. The countries of origin were France in the first case and Denmark in the second.