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Mr. Godman Irvine
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the difficulties in taking, on the farm, samples of milk for the Hortvet test and if he will now arrange for this to be done.
Mr. Vane
I am not aware that Food and Drugs Authorities have any difficulty in taking samples of milk on the farm for the Hortvet test. But as my right hon. Friend said in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Kershaw) on 8th December, 1961, there are technical difficulties to be overcome before the test can be accepted legally as proof of the presence of added water in milk.