Consultation outcome

Food origin labelling: enforcement

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
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Detail of outcome

We received 30 responses to this consultation. The new rules will be enforced in the same way as existing non-safety food labelling rules. These changes will be made through amendment to ‘The Food Information Regulations 2014’ and will come into force in England on 18 June 2020.


Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on enforcing rules for labelling the country of origin or place of primary food ingredients where it is different to the food itself.

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Consultation description

We want to know what you think about our plans to introduce laws that will allow UK governments to enforce food labelling rules. This applies to labelling the Country of Origin or Place of Provenance of Primary Ingredients of Food where it’s different to the food itself. For example, a cheese labelled as British needs to make clear on the label if the milk used to make the cheese is from elsewhere. The approach we are proposing matches the enforcement provisions already in place for most non-safety related food labelling offences.

This consultation is aimed at food enforcement officials, food manufacturers, food retailers, food producers, importers and consumers. It does not propose new policies on food labelling.

Updates to this page

Published 21 February 2020
Last updated 19 June 2020 + show all updates
  1. Added: Summary of response and government response.

  2. First published.

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