HC Deb 16 March 1989 vol 149 c346W
40. Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food why he has chosen to prohibit the inclusion of certain beef products in infant food.

Mr. Ryder

As my right hon. Friend announced on 27 February, following the publication of the Southwood report on bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the measures that we propose to take to restrict the composition of baby foods are purely precautionary.