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  • Defra Ministers endorse campaign to protect farmland biodiversity

    Encouraging farmers to voluntarily nurture wildlife on their land.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Opinions on improving farm regulation wanted

    The Task Force has been challenged to find ways of reducing the bureaucratic burdens that English farmers and food producers face.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government response on Groceries Code Adjudicator consultation

    Government response to a consultation on establishing a body to monitor and enforce the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Paice calls for more honest labelling

    The origin labelling of meat, meat products and dairy products tend to be the most confusing for consumers to understand.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bovine disease compensation payable during August 2010

    Compensation payable during August 2010, in England (and in Wales and Scotland for BSE only).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Action taken to prevent spread of unauthorised GM presence in soya bean

    Defra has established that seed from the same batch has been sown in a small trial of soya beans in West Sussex.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defra announces changes to arm’s length bodies

    Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman today announced reforms to more than 30 of Defra’s arm’s length bodies.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Don’t bring me back: buy me in the UK

    More than 50 people a day have illegal foods seized at ports and airports when entering the UK, the latest figures show.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government draws up action plan for fuel of the future

    Government considers how anaerobic digester technology can provide a green energy boost for Britain. 

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Written Ministerial Statement on 2013 Review of the Rural Payments Agency

    Independent review of Rural Payments Agency, and the Government response to it.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Food Standards Agency to keep crucial safety role

    The FSA in England will focus on its core remit of food safety policy and enforcement.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rural Payments Agency needs radical improvement

    The Review considered the current state of the Agency as well as its readiness for a changed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Changes to import controls for fresh fruit and vegetables

    Importers of fresh fruit and vegetables from countries outside the EU will benefit from deregulation coming in to force from 20 July 2010.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Caroline Spelman speech at the Smith Institute – Feeding Britain 2: What consumers want – ‘From satiety to surfeit – rebalancing our relationship with food.’

    Thank you Nick, and thank you for inviting me here today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New task force to cut farmers’ red tape

    The Task Force on Farming Regulation will work to reduce the bureaucratic burdens that English farmers and food producers face.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Research on green claims

    Defra has today published research on claims about environmental performance on products and packaging.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • EU audit of agri-environment schemes in England

    Defra is making changes to the way farmers are paid for protecting the environment, after an EU audit of England's agri-environment schemes.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bovine disease compensation payable during July 2010

    Compensation payable during July 2010, in England (and in Wales and Scotland for BSE only).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Changes to badger vaccine deployment project

    We are committed to introducing a carefully-managed and science-led policy of badger control in areas with high and persistent levels of bovine TB.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Gloucestershire Old Spots: Crackling good protected pork

    Gloucester Old Spots, the 42nd British product to be added to the list of legally-protected names.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government