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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposal for amending European legislation on ingredients in foodstuffs on (a) coeliac patients, (b) those at risk of anaphylaxis, (c) those with special dieting requirements and (d) diabetics.

Asked by

Andrew Murrison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 June 2003

Reference

116360; 406 c833-4W;406 c834W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received for (a) industry bodies, (b) consumers and parent organisations, (c) honourable members and (d) others, about the proposal for amending EU Directive 2000/13/EC on ingredients present in foodstuffs.

Asked by

Andrew Murrison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 June 2003

Reference

116358; 406 c833W;406 c833-4W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken by (a) his Department and (b) the Food Standards Agency to ensure that proposed amendments to European food labelling legislation do not require the labelling of products as containing wheat or egg if the only such presence...

Asked by

Andrew Murrison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 June 2003

Reference

116359; 406 c833W;406 c834W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has undertaken an assessment of the labelling changes for foodstuffs on the UK market, and other implications of the European proposal for amending Directive 2000/13/EC on derived ingredients.

Asked by

Andrew Murrison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 June 2003

Reference

116361; 406 c834W;406 c834-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to inform parents about additives in children's food; what material the Government uses to inform parents of additives in children's food; how it is distributed; and what the cost was of production. - Includes fact that...

Asked by

Lord Grayling (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 June 2003

Reference

406 c365W; 114397;114396

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to ensure food products contain the name and number of additives in the list of ingredients.

Asked by

Lord Grayling (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 June 2003

Reference

114398; 406 c365W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the maximum number of food additives in a product.

Asked by

Lord Grayling (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 June 2003

Reference

114395; 406 c365W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legislation regulates the description of food as smoked.

Asked by

Robert Key (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 May 2003

Reference

405 c325W;405 c323W; 111472

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the process that will be used to assess the allergenic nature of food ingredients to meet the requirements of Directive 2000/13/EC.

Asked by

Lord Grayling (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 May 2003

Reference

111753; 405 c313-4W;405 c311W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 27th March, 382 c397W, on food labelling, for what reasons the number of informal samples of foodstuffs declined in the last 10 years; and what measures he is taking to reverse the trend. (Holding answer 6 May...

Asked by

Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 April 2003

For answer on

12 May 2003

Answered on

12 May 2003

Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 27 March 2003, Official Report, column 397W, on food labelling, for what reasons the number of informal samples of foodstuffs declined in the last 10 years; and what measures he is taking to reverse the trend. [111215] Ms Blears: [holding answer 6 May 2003]: The responsibility for the enforcement of food labelling Regulations and associated food sampling under the Food Safety Act 1990 rests with local authorities. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has raised its concerns about the decline in local authority food sampling activity and is taking forward a number of initiatives with local authorities to reverse the trend. There appears to be no single cause for the fall in sampling. The FSA has carried out a focussed audit programme to examine local authority sampling and make recommendations. A report will be published later this year. The FSA is already taking action to help to ensure that effective food sampling arrangements are in place in all local authorities. The FSA is working with local authorities co-ordinators of regulatory services (LACORS) to develop better co-ordination and targeting of food and feed standards sampling throughout the United Kingdom. Local authorities and public analysts are also being involved more closely in the FSA's own food surveillance activities. The FSA is also working with LACORS and with the association of public analysts to develop a UK samples database, which will help local authorities to target their sampling programmes more effectively. More emphasis has also been placed on sampling in the revised statutory code of practice, which is currently out for consultation. Under the code, local authorities are required to prepare and publish a food sampling policy and programme and make these available to food businesses and consumers. The FSA will also be providing more practical guidance on sampling for local authority enforcement officers.

Date

12 May 2003

Reference

111215; 405 c104-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many food samples have been tested for correct (a) labelling, (b) composition, (c) claims and (d) other presentational matters in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of those samples were found not to comply with the statements made...

Asked by

Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 March 2003

For answer on

27 March 2003

Answered on

27 March 2003

Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many food samples have been tested for correct (a) labelling, (b) composition, (c) claims and (d) other presentational matters in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of those samples were found not to comply with the statements made about them; [102865] (2) how many food sample checks regarding labelling have been undertaken by (a) the Food Standards Agency and (b) local authorities in each of the last 10 years. [103010] Ms Blears: Details of food sampling checks by local authorities are not recorded in the form requested by the hon. Member. It is not possible to identify separately those samples taken for labelling purposes for all of the last ten years. Such information that is available for all sampling activity is shown in the tables. The responsibility for enforcing the food labelling regulations, made under the Food Safety Act 1990, rests with local authorities. Figures for samples taken for this purpose are shown in table 1. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) receives annual returns from local authorities, under the European Union's Official Controls Directive, EEC/89/397, for all food sampling activity, not just for labelling checks. Before 2001, details of the reasons why samples were found to be unsatisfactory are not readily available. However, in 2001, under the new Framework Agreement on local authority food law enforcement, implemented by the FSA with effect from 1 January that year, 17 per cent. (27,280 samples) of the 163,993 official and informal samples taken were found to be unsatisfactory. Of these unsatisfactory samples, 31 per cent. (8,418) were found to be unsatisfactory with regard to labelling and presentation, and 24 per cent. (6,551) for composition. Official samples are those taken in the course of an official inspection procedure under the Food Safety Act 1990, where the results can be used in legal proceedings if appropriate. Informal samples are taken during other visits, such as for monitoring or screening. Over the last ten years, the FSA and its predecessor bodies have published the results of a number of surveys aimed at identifying problems with the labelling of food products, and carried out under its Food Authenticity Programme. These surveys have covered 6,523 samples, as shown in table 2. Table 1: Samples for all Foodstuffs Figures for the United Kingdom, for all sampling purposes _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total number of official samples Total number of informal samples 1992 65,398 176,433 1993 67,959 179,001 1994 65,162 181,202 1995 63,726 183,327 1996 62,350 168,972 1997 65,130 158,687 1998 59,950 138,099 1999 50,379 140,719 2000 41,089 137,349 20011,2 86,614 77,379 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The definitions of official and informal samples changed in 2001; 2 The 2001 figures have been revised and corrected since the OCD return was made on 31 July 2002. Source: UK return under European Union Official Controls Directive, EEC/89/397 Table 2: Food Authenticity Programme Surveys _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Published Survey Title Number of samples taken Proportion of samples Tested for: deemed unsatisfactory Labelling(L), (Percentage) Composition (C) or both (L,C) October 1993 Fish and fish products 239 9 L May 1994 Authenticity of soluble 344 15 C coffee February 1995 Dried durum wheat pasta 249 Less than 1 L November 1995 Single seed vegetable 291 8 C oils April 1996 Labelling of previously 534 8 L frozen meat and poultry March 1997 Undeclared irradiation 789 Less than 1 L of foodstuffs November 1997 Added water in cured 614 3 L pork November 1997 Whisky substitution in 161 3 L the on-trade September 1998 Substitution of smoked 289 2 L salmon with trout April 1999 Orange juice 186 0 L authenticity April 1999 Substitution of species 570 15 L in meat products June 1999 Authenticity of olive 125 3 C oils March 2000 Apple juice authenticity 151 Less than 1 L April 2000 Tuna species in tuna 607 Less than 1 L products Nov 2000 Added water in whole 261 27 L,C chickens and chicken parts December 2001 Meat content, added 68 46 L,C water and hydrolysed protein in catering chicken breasts May 2002 Corn (maize) oil survey 61 0 C June 2002 Irradiated Foods--herbs 543 12 L and spices, dietary supplements and prawn and shrimps August 2002 Antimony, arsenic, 161 0 C bromate and nickel contents of bottled water December 2002 Added water in raw 255 37 L scallops, ice-glazed (peeled) scampi tails and scampi content in coated (breaded) scampi products March 2003 Meat content, added 25 60 L,C water and hydrolysed protein in catering chicken breast. Total 6,523 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

27 March 2003

Reference

402 c393-6W; 102865;103010

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of consumers (a) confident and (b) not confident in food labelling claims in each of the last 10 years. - Inc table and ref to 'Consumer Attitudes to Food Standards' survey 2002, in Lib...

Asked by

Roger Williams (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 March 2003

For answer on

25 March 2003

Answered on

25 March 2003

Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the percentage of consumers (a) confident and (b) not confident in food labelling claims in each of the last 10 years. [102863] Ms Blears: The Government do not collate detailed information on consumer confidence in food labelling claims. However, over the last three years the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has conducted an annual survey, "Consumer Attitudes to Food Standards", which asks consumers whether they are concerned about the accuracy of food labelling. A copy of the latest survey for 2002, which contains comparative material from the previous two years, has been placed in the Library and is available on the FSA's website at www.food.gov.uk. The responses show just over a third, or 34 per cent., have concerns about the accuracy of food labelling. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000 2001 2002 Concern about accuracy of food labels Yes (percentage) 35 35 34 No (percentage) 62 62 63 Number questioned (3,152) (3,120) (3,173) Level of concern Very Concerned (percentage) 22 19 23 Fairly concerned (percentage) 57 56 54 Slightly concerned (percentage) 21 23 22 Number questioned (1,042) (1,041) (1,135) _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

25 March 2003

Reference

102863; 402 c196W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the findings of beef and pork DNA in Dutch chicken on sale in the United Kingdom. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Lindsay Hoyle (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 2003

Reference

103878; 402 c191-2W;402 c186-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the detection of beef and pork proteins in imported chicken. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Keith Vaz (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 March 2003

Reference

103933; 402 c186W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the foodstuffs for which an irradiation process has been permitted.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 March 2003

Reference

102669; 401 c663W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) labelling and (b) standards schemes there are relating to the nature and production of foodstuffs in the UK; and what the requirements are for each. - (Holding answer 13 March 2003). (In Library Dep 03/820).

Asked by

Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 March 2003

Reference

102440; 401 c441W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with other member states of the European Union about establishing a tobacco regulatory authority. - Including ref to article 11 are contained in Consultation on regulations implementing EU Directive 2001/37/EC - the Labelling Directive, in Library

Asked by

Paul Flynn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 February 2003

For answer on

14 March 2003

Answered on

14 March 2003

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with other member states of the European Union about establishing a tobacco regulatory authority. [99283] Ms Blears: Ministers have had no formal discussions to date with other Member States of the European Union about establishing a new tobacco regulatory authority. However, European wide legislation to introduce tighter controls on tobacco products is currently entering into force in Member States. The Government believes that much of the work to further regulate tobacco is being addressed through continuing developments under the Directive on the Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco Products. This legislation was transposed into United Kingdom law in December 2002. It lays down maximum yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide for cigarettes; requires new larger and starker health warnings on tobacco products and bans the use of terms such as Now tar7 which suggest one tobacco product is less harmful than another. Article 11 of this Directive requires the European Commission to evaluate implementation of the Directive. This includes indicating where further review may be necessary in a wide range of tobacco regulatory areas, in the light of developments in scientific and technical knowledge. This could include evaluation of addictive effects of ingredients in tobacco products and methodologies for more realistically assessing the content and emissions of tobacco products. The Commission may also propose amendments to the current Directive. Full details of article 11 are contained in the Department of Health publication "Consultation on regulations implementing EU Directive 2001/37/ EC-- the Labelling Directive", copies of which are available in the Library.

Date

14 March 2003

Reference

99283; 401 c469-70W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been allocated for developing the identity and materials for the five a day logo for use on food packaging and in related campaigns.

Asked by

Lord Grayling (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 March 2003

Reference

96887; 401 c237W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to change food labelling regulations.

Asked by

Lord Grayling (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 February 2003

Reference

98838; 400 c775-6W;400 c767W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Food Standards Agency's recommendations for the compulsory labelling of the nutritional content of food; and which foods would be covered if such proposals were enacted.

Asked by

Lord Grayling (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 February 2003

Reference

98839; 400 c776W;400 c768W

House

House of Commons

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