Question follow-through · 11645
Food: Fraud and Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to monitor (a) food fraud and (b) mislabelling in (i) retail and (ii) wholesale markets.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 22 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to monitor (a) food fraud and (b) mislabelling in (i) retail and (ii) wholesale markets.
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) National Food Crime Unit monitors UK food fraud through intelligence-led analysis, which supports the shaping of targeted food fraud investigations. Defra officials and the FSA work closely with local authority food teams...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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