Question follow-through · 51475
Food: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Oral Statement of 8 May 2025 on Trade Negotiations, Official Report, columns 897-899, whether food imports under the UK-US Free Trade Agreement of (a) ractopamine-treated pork (b)
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 May 2025
- Answer
- 15 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Oral Statement of 8 May 2025 on Trade Negotiations, Official Report, columns 897-899, whether food imports under the UK-US Free Trade Agreement of (a) ractopamine-treated pork (b)
15 May 2025
Target answer date
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15 May 2025
Answer published
On 8 May, the UK government announced a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to get an agreement with President Trump.We have agreed new reciprocal market access on beef - with UK farmers given a guaranteed quota ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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