Question follow-through · 101087

Meat Products: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to require food labels to state the method of slaughter used for meat products, including pre-stunning.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
8 Jan 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to require food labels to state the method of slaughter used for meat products, including pre-stunning.

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Flyde, Mr Andrew Snowden, on 17 December 2025 to PQ UIN 99375.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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