Question
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many consultees, and from which organisations, agreed with his proposals on unpasteurised milk. - Including figures and list. (Holding answer 19 March 1998).
Answer
Mr. Jack: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many consultees, and from which organisations, agreed with his proposals on unpasteurised milk. [35287] Dr. John Cunningham: [holding answer 19 March 1998]: Fourteen organisations and companies agreed with the proposal to ban sales of raw cows' drinking milk. These were: British Medical Association British Veterinary Association Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Co-operative Union Ltd. Dairy Industry Federation Institute of Food Research Institute of Food Science and Technology Local Authorities' Co-ordinating Body on Food and Trading Standards Marks and Spencer PLC National Dairymen's Association National Institute for Research in Dairying Public Health Laboratory Service Royal College of Physicians Unigate. In addition, 22 individual food authorities and 6 individual consumers wrote in support of the proposed ban.