§ 23. Mr. Patrick Thompsonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to publish information and guidance to members of the public on food additives and labelling.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonMy hon. Friend will by now have heard that I launched a new booklet "Food Additives: The Balanced Approach" last week. The booklet explains all about food additives and how they are controlled. It has been welcomed by supermarket chains up and down the country. We have so far, in just over a week, had requests for more than 1.4 million copies of the accompanying leaflet. As for food labelling, our earlier publication "Look at the Label" first issued in 1982 has also been a great success. We are currently considering a revision of this booklet to incorporate guidance for consumers on the nutrition information which is appearing on food labels.