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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-10-22more like thismore than 2018-10-22
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Meat: Ritual Slaughter more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to ensure that consumers in the UK can be certain from food labelling that the meat they purchase is not Halal. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Byford more like this
uin HL10861 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>The Government is aware that there is public concern about meat from animals slaughtered in accordance with religious beliefs being sold to consumers who do not require their meat to be prepared in this way. There are no domestic or European Regulations that require the labelling of Halal meat but where any information of this nature is provided, it must be accurate and must not be misleading to the customer.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that consumers should have the necessary information available to them to make an informed choice about their food. This is an issue the Government is considering in the context of the UK’s exit from the EU.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-11-02T12:11:20.753Zmore like thismore than 2018-11-02T12:11:20.753Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Baroness Byford remove filter