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Meat: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to require meat produced from animals not stunned before slaughter to be clearly labelled.

answeredSarah GreenDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
11 Sept 2024
Answer
13 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to require meat produced from animals not stunned before slaughter to be clearly labelled.

  2. 11 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    A consultation on proposals to improve and extend current mandatory method of production labelling was undertaken between March and May 2024 by the previous Government. The consultation sought views on options for the production standards behind the label...

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