Petition · past parliament
Include Health Warning Labels on Group 1 Processed Meats and Group 2a Red Meats.
Rejected
16 signatures
What the petition asks
The Food Safety Act 1990 makes it an offence for anyone to sell or process food for sale which is “harmful to health”. The (IARC) World Health Organisation have classified Processed Meats as “Group 1” “Causes Cancer”. Red Meats have been given “Group 2a”, Classification “Probably causes Cancer”.
Therefore not withstanding the legal requirements of “The Food Safety Act 1990”, foods that are categorised as “Group 1” and “Group 2a” should be appropriately labelled by including a 30% front-of-pack & 40% back-of-pack health warning, so that consumers can exercise their right to make an informed decision at the point of purchase, as to whether they want to consume these products based on the scientific evidence from Cancer UK, The National Cancer Institute & The World Health Organisation.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Add health warnings to red meat and processed meat products
Timeline
| 20 Mar 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 23 Mar 2023 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
16
Status
Rejected
Rejected
23 Mar 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.