Question follow-through · 9595

Food Data Transparency Partnership

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on introducing mandatory reporting for food businesses on (a) health and (b) environmental metrics.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 16 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 23 Oct 2024
Answer: 23 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

16 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on introducing mandatory reporting for food businesses on (a) health and (b) environmental metrics.
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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23 Oct 2024
Answer published
This Government is committed to tackling the challenges faced by our health system with the shift to prevention central to this ambition. Under the Government’s Health Mission we are considering what preventative action is needed to support people live lo...

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