Food and natural mineral water: amending laws in England
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Detail of outcome
We received 25 responses to this consultation.
We will be making small technical amendments to the:
- Food (Lot Marking) Regulations 1996
- Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) and Milk and Milk Products (Protection of Designations) (England) Regulations 2008
- Food Information Regulations 2014
- Country of Origin of Certain Meats (England) Regulations 2015
- Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017
We will be rolling over recognition of EU Natural Mineral Waters for 6 months. After this, a decision for continuation or a notice period for removal will be decided by Secretary of State.
We will be amending the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 to include an option of labelling as ‘a blend of honey from more than one country’ or similar wording.
Detail of feedback received
The government has carefully considered the responses to the consultation and is liaising with organisations consulting in the same areas. We expect to publish a summary of responses and Defra’s response in March 2019.
Original consultation
Consultation description
We want to know what you think about our plans to update laws in England for food, including natural mineral water and honey labelling. These will make sure that current provisions in law can continue to work after the UK has left the EU. The amendments would apply in the event that the EU and the UK were not able to agree a partnership arrangement and common approach to food legislation. The proposals include:
- recognition of Natural Mineral Water
- changes to honey labelling
- changing references from EU member states and institutions to their UK equivalents
We will be consulting on UK wide food labelling later in the year.
Last updated 5 April 2019 + show all updates
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Summary of responses and government response published.
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Added a note to explain when the summary of responses is expected to be published.
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First published.