Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Add health warnings to red meat and processed meat products
Closed
179 signatures
What the petition asks
We think people deserve to know the risk to health of their actions. Anybody who has purchased cigarettes or tobacco will have noticed a health warning on the packet, and rightly so. Cigarettes can cause a plethora of issues. So can some meat products, and we want mandatory health warnings on these.
The World Health Organisation's International Agency for the Research of Cancer (IARC) has rules processed meats as a group 1 carcinogen (causes cancer), and red meats as a group 2a (likely causes cancer). Yet there are no health warnings on these products. People should know the risks.
For more information see: https://www.iarc.who.int/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr240_E.pdf
For more information see: https://www.iarc.who.int/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr240_E.pdf
Timeline
| 17 Mar 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 Sep 2023 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
179
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
17 Mar 2023
Closed
17 Sep 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.