British Efforts to Stop Egg Imports London, May 13.
Chinese eggs and the diet of Chi. nese tens occupied the attention of members at question time in the House of Commons to-day.
In reply to a question by Mr. Patrick J. H. Hannen, Conservative member for the Moseley division of Birmingham, Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, on behalf of the Ministry of Ith, said that he was not aware that any investigation had been made into the food qualities of Chinese eggs. The recent inguiry was into the bacteriological conient of the wes. He was advised, he added, that putrefaction did not occur as soon as the eggs were not frozen, Mr. Hannen alleged that Chinese eggs were produced under "repulsive conditions" and urged that their importation should be stopped.
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