§ Mrs. BrookeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations his Department has received regarding the ingredients used in infant formula; [161343]
(2) what representations his Department has received in the last 12 months about breaches of infant formula and follow-on formula regulations. [161344]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 15 March 2004]In May 2003, the former European Scientific Committee on Food published its report on the revision of essential requirements of infant formulae and follow-on formulae. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) received detailed comments on that report from members of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition subgroup on Maternal and Child Nutrition; from Baby Milk Action and from the Infant and Dietetic Foods Association.
In the last 12 months, the FSA has received two letters on the subject of breaches of The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations l095 (as amended).