§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the result of the consultation exercise on the recommendations by the Food Advisory Committee for controls on the new generation of nutrition claims on food labels and in advertisements.
§ Mr. GummerI am grateful to the committee for its further advice following consideration of the responses to the consultation exercise.
Nutrition claims can provide a useful source of information for consumers seeking a healthy, balanced diet but consumers must be fully protected from misleading claims. I therefore welcome, and accept, the Food Advisory Committee's recommendations and in due course I shall be issuing, for consultation, proposed legislation which would implement the committee's advice. This is part of our general policy to ensure that consumers are properly informed about the foods they buy and eat.
I have arranged for a copy of the revised Food Advisory Committee's advice to be placed in the Library of the House.