Question follow-through · 61881

Western Sahara: Origin Marking

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that any produce originating in Western Sahara is labelled as such.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 23 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 25 Jun 2025
Answer: 3 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

23 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that any produce originating in Western Sahara is labelled as such.
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to ensuring that UK consumers are not misled about the origin of the food they purchase. In accordance with retained EU Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, food labelling must not be misleadi...

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