§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will introduce legislation to enable an environmental health officer to investigate food held in European Economic Community intervention food stores.
§ Mr. John MacKayNo. I am satisfied that the high standards of storage, hygiene and monitoring currently in operation do not require additional checks to be carried out.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the average amount of food held within European Economic Community intervention foodstores within Tayside region since January; and if he will break these figures down by type of food and quantity stored and their location.
§ Mr. John MacKayAs intervention stocks fluctuate from day to day, an average of the stock in individual stores is not recorded. The stocks in Tayside stores at 1 January and 30 September this year were:
Location January Tonnes September Tonnes Butter Dundee 540 540 Barley Stracathro 83,506 89,562 Beef Dundee 679 693
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the year in which food was first 206W stored in European Economic Community intervention food stores in each location in Tayside; and what was the average amount stored in each location in its first year of operation.
§ Mr. John MacKayI regret that this information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.