The Office of Fair Trading is considering whether Premier Foods’ proposed acquistion of RHM should be referred to the Competition Commission (British Baker, 8 December, pg 4).

It is inviting written representations about any competition or public interest issues raised by the deal, by a deadline of December 21 2006.

Comments can be sent to Helen Cameron, Office of Fair Trading, Fleetbank House, 2-6 Salisbury Square, London, EC4Y 8JX. Email: helen.cameron@oft.gsi.gov.uk