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1727889

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Food: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish the responses to his Department’s consultation entitled Fairer food labelling, which closed on 7 May 2024; and whether he plans to bring forward legislation introducing mandatory Method of Production labelling.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	4521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>A public consultation on fairer food labelling was undertaken between March and May 2024 by the previous Government. This sought views on proposals to improve and extend current mandatory method of production labelling. We are now carefully considering all responses before deciding on next steps and will publish a response to this consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 17/09/2024 17:02:03 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1726484

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Food: Labelling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend (1) to respond to the consultation by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on fairer food labelling that closed on 7 May, and (2) to bring forward the proposals to improve transparency in method-of-production welfare labelling for pork, chicken and eggs.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gale
	uin	HL606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Ministers are carefully considering all responses provided to a public consultation on fairer food labelling before deciding on next steps.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 17/09/2024 14:37:25 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	2503 label Biography information for Baroness Gale

1723356

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Food: Labelling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ensure that food labelling provisions do not necessitate that exporters keep two different stocks of products, namely (1) those labelled “Not for EU” for sale in the UK, and (2) all other stock.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to implementing the Windsor Framework in good faith, including commitments on the use of 'Not for EU’ labels, as well as taking all steps necessary to protect the UK internal market.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to working closely with industry on the rollout of ‘Not for EU’ labelling requirements for goods for sale in NI moving through the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme. We will carefully consider the views of business on this issue, including those in response to the public consultation undertaken by the previous Government on extending that requirement GB-wide.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 01/08/2024 15:17:02 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1716230

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Food: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 15 of the report by Bite Back entitled Fuel us don't fool us, published in 2024, what steps he is taking to prevent the food industry from targeting children; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring manufacturers to remove (a) child-appealing features and (b) misleading health claims from unhealthy products.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Gideon
	uin	25098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working with businesses to ensure we create the conditions for a healthier nation, and we are considering the recommendations from Bite Back’s report, Fuel Us, Don’t Fool Us. We are committed to addressing childhood obesity by implementing an ambitious programme of measures. These include restricting the location of foods high in fat, salt, or sugar in shops and online, which came into force on 1 October 2022. These restrictions will have the single biggest impact on reducing children’s calorie consumption and are expected to accrue health benefits of over £57 billion, and provide the National Health Service savings of over £4 billion over the next 25 years.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 October 2025, the volume price promotion restrictions will come into force, restricting volume price promotions such as three for two offers on less healthy products. The Government will simultaneously introduce a United Kingdom wide 9:00pm television watershed for products high in fat, salt, or sugar, and a restriction of paid-for advertising of these products online. We continue to work with industry on the Food Data Transparency Partnership in co-developing voluntary reporting requirements for food businesses to demonstrate the healthiness of their sales.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/05/2024 13:23:18 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4817 label Biography information for Jo Gideon

1715635

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Food: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the public consultation on fairer food labelling which closes on 7 May 2024 does not include labelling the method of slaughter used in respect of meat products.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	24608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter, and legislation sets out the main requirements to protect the welfare of animals when being slaughtered. The Government expects the industry, whether food producer or food outlet, to provide consumers with all the information they need to make informed choices. Where any information is provided on the method of slaughter it must be accurate and not misleading to the consumer.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently consulting on proposals to improve and extend current mandatory method of production labelling, including options for the production standards behind them. Our proposed standards initially focus on the period of time the animal spends on farm. We are seeking views through consultation on these standards, including the period of life which they should cover.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 13/05/2024 15:57:42 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1697032

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Food: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure retail food businesses comply with measures in the Food Information Regulations 2014 on providing written allergen information for labels.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	19237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety related labelling, including allergens. Local authorities are responsible for enforcing food law in the vast majority of food businesses, including those in the retail and catering sector. As central competent authority, the FSA monitors the delivery of official controls by local authorities.</p><p>The FSA produces the statutory Food Law Code of Practice and associated Practice Guidance establishing a set of expectations for the activities local authorities are responsible for under food law, and how these are to be delivered. This is supported by a range of training, advice, and guidance to help food officers discharge their functions. Recent changes to the Food Law Code of Practice will enable a more risk-based and intelligence-driven approach to targeting premises for food standards inspections and carrying out interventions, and includes specific consideration of the risk factor for compliance with providing allergen information.</p><p>The FSA also provides support for food businesses, for example through guidance and training, on providing allergen information in line with the requirements of the 2014 Food Information to Consumer Regulations to help drive up compliance and make it easier for people with a food allergy, intolerance, and coeliac disease to make safe choices when eating out.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/03/2024 11:12:22 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1693423

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Food: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve food labelling so that (a) consumers are effectively informed on which products have been produced (i) locally and (ii) in the UK and (b) local products are not undercut by external competition which is not produced to the same standard.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
	uin	16839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>Country of origin information is required for fresh and frozen meat derived from beef cattle, sheep, goat, pigs and poultry, as well as uncut fresh fruit and vegetables, honey, olive oil, wine and some fish products. It is also required for all prepacked food where its omission would be misleading to consumers. In any case, where an indication of origin or provenance is given, either in words or pictures, this must be accurate. Buying food locally and supporting their local food economy is important to many consumers and where any label indicates that a food is produced locally, this must not be misleading to a consumer.</p><p> </p><p>As recently announced by the Secretary of State, we will soon be launching a consultation on clearer food labelling. This will explore how we can better highlight imports that do not meet UK welfare standards. The consultation will also seek evidence and views on how origin information could be improved for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 08/03/2024 18:32:29 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1692380

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Food: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of calorie labelling on menus on (a) obesity levels, (b) people with eating disorders and (c) young people.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	16196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned independent research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the regulations, and these findings are expected in mid-2024. The NIHR is also funding research to explore the impact of the regulations on people with lived experience of eating disorders, with findings due in October 2025.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 16197 question first answered 08/03/2024 11:41:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1692382

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Food: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will commission a review into the effectiveness of the requirement under the Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021 to display calorie information on menus.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	16197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned independent research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the regulations, and these findings are expected in mid-2024. The NIHR is also funding research to explore the impact of the regulations on people with lived experience of eating disorders, with findings due in October 2025.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 16196 question first answered 08/03/2024 11:41:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1690898

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Food: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to ensure compliance with food labelling regulations for products marketed as (a) vegetarian and (b) vegan; and what penalties are applied to businesses for non-compliance with those regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	15141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The fundamental principle of food labelling rules is that information provided to the consumer must not mislead and must enable the safe use of food so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy.</p><p> </p><p>While there are no specific rules covering information on the suitability of food for vegetarians or vegans, the requirement that food information must not mislead consumers applies to such labels as for other voluntary labels.</p><p> </p><p>Food labelling rules are enforced by local authorities. The Food Standards Agency has agreements and protocols in place to support local authorities in their work and gives guidance to explain the regulations and how they can be applied to food businesses. When assessing foodstuffs for non-compliance, Trading Standards officers adhere to an established hierarchy of enforcement actions, ranging from improvements notices to criminal charges resulting in custodial sentences and unlimited fines.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 26/02/2024 15:12:48 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi