HC Deb 17 November 1997 vol 301 c21W
Mr. Todd

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will ensure that farm feed products are labelled so as to reveal their full contents. [15827]

Mr. Rooker

Ingredient listing of compound feed, either by specific ingredient or by category, has been a requirement of EC legislation since 1991. Commission Directive 97/47/EC, which takes effect in the UK in the New Year, deletes the "Land Animal Products" category and requires any animal material still permitted in compound feed to be separately identified. The European Commission is now considering the complete removal of the category option, which would receive UK support.