Question follow-through · 17625

Fish and Meat: Origin Marking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of protected geographical indication labelling on a) fresh meat and b) fresh fish packaging.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
13 Jul 2026
Answer
16 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of protected geographical indication labelling on a) fresh meat and b) fresh fish packaging.

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Geographical indications (GIs) protect the names of products whose qualities, reputation or characteristics are linked to a particular place. The Government has not formally assessed the adequacy of GI labelling on either fresh meat or fresh fish packagin...

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