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Foie Gras: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is to ban the import of foie gras.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
29 Apr 2025
Answer
12 May 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is to ban the import of foie gras.

  2. 29 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Government shares the British public's high regard for animal welfare and has made clear that the production of foie gras from ducks or geese using force feeding raises serious welfare concerns. We have been clear that we will use our Trade Strategy t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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