A Bill to amend the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 to provide for information about the country of origin of food to be made available to consumers; and for connected purposes.
This Bill would amend the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 to place restrictions on the labelling of meat products. Under its provisions, no meat product could be labelled 'British' unless the animal from which the meat was derived was born, reared and slaughtered in the UK.
House of Commons
28 October 2009
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The bill would require information about the country of origin to be available on food labels. It also tightens rules on meat labelling by allowing the 'British' label only for meat from animals born, reared and slaughtered in the UK.
Currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons; no further progression is recorded in the data provided.
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17 Mar 2009
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 17 March. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Mr Richard Bacon.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
