asked the Minister of Food why, by the Dried Fruits Order, 1951, he has defined mincemeat as a mixture of fresh or dried fruit with other ingredients commonly known as mincemeat, in substitution for the definition contained in the Preserves Order, 1947; and what consequences are intended.

The earlier definition was the same with the addition of the phrase "and any substantially similar article," which covered almost any mixture of sugar, suet and dried fruit including some which the trade and the consumer would not normally regard as mincemeat. This has been found to be too wide.