§ Mr. EdwardsTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to require manufacturers to inform consumers when the content of food has been genetically modified. [57953]
§ Mr. RookerIt is already a requirement of the EC Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients Regulation (258/97) and EC Regulation 1139/98 concerning the compulsory labelling of foodstuffs produced from genetically modified soya and maize that foods are clearly labelled to show when they contain genetically modified materials.