Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 December 1947.
Dr Edith Summerskill
, Fulham West
12:00,
17 December 1947
I understand that inspection takes place in South Africa on behalf of the South African Canners' Council, but, of course, the Ministry's contract, which is on C.I.F. terms, provides for inspection in this country, and the goods shipped on s.s. "Novelist" will be examined by the Ministry's inspectors as part of the usual routine.