Petition · past parliament

Make meat/animal products as easily identifiable as allergens on food packaging

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Around 1 in 5 people in the UK are now vegetarian/vegan yet food shopping for us is still a struggle. There's no regulation for foods containing animal products to be easily identifiable and shopping takes much too long. Foods with animal products should be as easily identifiable as allergens.
Vegetarianism and Veganism is on the rise with an estimated 700% increase in vegans in the last two years alone.
https://www.livekindly.co/number-of-vegans-in-the-uk-surges-by-700-in-just-two-years/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/news/number-of-vegans-in-britain-rises-by-360-in-10-years/

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

9 Dec 2018 Petition opened for signatures
17 Dec 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Dec 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.