Question follow-through · 101086
Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of food labelling requirements.
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
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of food labelling requirements.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jan 2026
Answer published
The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. All food sold on the UK market must comply with food labelling rules, which include the requirement for spe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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