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Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) Bill

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.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Food Labelling Regulations (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 17 March 2009 by Mr Richard Bacon (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

What the bill does

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.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 17 Mar 2009
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 28 Oct 2009.