Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 31 October 1949.
Sir Edward Keeling
, Twickenham
12:00,
31 October 1949
asked the Minister of Food what proportion of the beef imported during the last twelve months from Argentina was chilled; and what proportion frozen.
Dr Edith Summerskill
, Fulham West
All carcase beef imported from Argentina is frozen.
Sir Edward Keeling
, Twickenham
Could the right hon. Lady say whether the toughness and tastelessness of the Argentine beef now issued as rations are due to its being imported frozen, instead of chilled as before the war, or due to the inferior quality of the carcases obtained by bulk purchase?
Dr Edith Summerskill
, Fulham West
I cannot agree with that allegation.
Sir Godfrey Nicholson
, Farnham
I congratulate the right hon. Lady's dentist.
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