§ Mr. ShersbyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has any plans to ensure that instructions concerning refrigeration and storage on containers of cook-chill food products are sufficiently clear and are printed in large enough type size as to be easily understood and readily identified by consumers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Ryder[holding answer 23 January 1989]: The European Community food labelling directive and the Food Labelling Regulations 1984 already require such foodstuffs to be marked or labelled with an indication of special storage conditions. This information has to be easy to understand clearly legible and indelible and when the foodstuff is sold to the consumer marked in a conspicuous place in such a way as to be easily visible.