Question follow-through · 14263
Food: Origin Marking
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent retailers from misrepresenting the origin of (a) meat and (b) dairy products that are not (i) raised and (ii) produced in the UK.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent retailers from misrepresenting the origin of (a) meat and (b) dairy products that are not (i) raised and (ii) produced in the UK.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Nov 2024
Answer published
The UK maintains high standards on the information provided on food labels and packaging so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. Country of origin information is required for fresh and frozen meat of beef, sheep, goat, pigs and po...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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