§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when he now expects to lay before Parliament statutory instruments on standards of food hygiene.
§ Mr. FreemanThe Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970 already provide strict standards of food hygiene in food premises, and related regulations provide the same in respect of markets, stalls and delivery vehicles.
We are currently considering amending the regulations so as to extend temperature controls to food intended for retail sale. We anticipate that these amending regulations will be laid before Parliament in the autumn of this year.