Petition · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Amend the 2013 Code of Practice to help support essential mobile food providers
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27 signatures
What the petition asks
We call for changes to the 2013 Code of Practice on Noise from Ice-Cream Van Chimes to exempt or reasonably adapt rules for essential mobile food providers, including butcher vans serving vulnerable communities.
Mobile butcher vans & other regular mobile food vans provide essential food access to vulnerable, elderly, and housebound people who cannot reach shops. The current 2013 noise rules inadvertently treat such food vans like ice cream vans. Without a simple sound signal, many customers won’t know we’re there. We feel the law is outdated and must allow reasonable audible signals for essential services over a longer period of time each day.
Timeline
| 27 Apr 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
27
Status
Open for signatures
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
27 Apr 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.