Question follow-through · 45296
Honey: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve testing methods, (b) strengthen labelling regulations and (c) help tackle honey adulteration in other ways.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 25 Apr 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve testing methods, (b) strengthen labelling regulations and (c) help tackle honey adulteration in other ways.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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25 Apr 2025
Answer published
Defra carries out scientific research in partnership with the Food Standards Agency to help improve testing methods help address honey adulteration. The Honey (England) Regulations 2015 lay down detailed specifications which honey must comply with regardi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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