Question follow-through · 2648
Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether regarding the reduction of food waste, (a) her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of current requirements for the legibility of use by and best before dates on f
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether regarding the reduction of food waste, (a) her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of current requirements for the legibility of use by and best before dates on f
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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1 Jun 2026
Answer published
Defra funds the UK Food and Drink Pact, an industry agreement to tackle food waste. Through the Pact, we support food businesses to ensure their packaging design and labelling information encourages consumers to waste less food. UK food labelling rules re...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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