Written question asked by Tim Yeo (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 February 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 March 2001. It was answered by Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 March 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prosecutions there have been in respect of imported food that has been repacked or processed in the UK and sold as British. - Information not collected in the form requested. Copy of the full return for 1999 in Library.

Answer: Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prosecutions there have been in respect of imported food that has been repacked or processed in the UK and sold as British. [150987] Ms Stuart: Information is not collected in the form requested. Local authority enforcement data for 1999, collected under Article 14 of the Official Controls of Foodstuffs Directive 89/397/EEC, does not distinguish prosecutions taken in respect of imported food repacked or processed in the UK. A copy of the full return for 1999, the most recent year for which figures are available, is in the Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 365 c132W; 150987
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Labelling Imports Prosecutions Meat Misrepresentation Origin marking
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk