Petition · past parliament

Restrict food imports produced below UK welfare and environmental standards.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

UK food and agricultural products are produced to some of the highest environmental and welfare standards across the world. Outside of the EU, international trade deals could incorporate provision for the importing of food which has not been produced to these standards.
The British public cares where its food comes from and the impact that it's production has on the environment as well as welfare standards. Food produced outside of the UK imported without restriction to lower standards would be a deception to the consumer and would export the impact of our consumption overseas. There must be trade protection to prevent the import of food products produced using methods not permitted in the UK.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

2 Mar 2019 Petition opened for signatures
13 Mar 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 13 Mar 2019

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