Question follow-through · 9414
Meat and Proteins: Novel Foods
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of incorporation of cultivated meat and alternative proteins into future food security and agri-tech strategies.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of incorporation of cultivated meat and alternative proteins into future food security and agri-tech strategies.
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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22 Jun 2026
Answer published
Defra is researching the sector’s growth potential, impacts on future emissions, and working across government to support innovation and scaling. Defra is also working with the Food Standards Agency to develop guidance for approval of new alternative prot...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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