Written questions

Food: West Bank

Commons · Question 32778 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 11 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Ayoub Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to require traders and importers to label food produced in the West Bank to state whether it was produced by (a) Palestinian communities and (b) Israeli s

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 11 Mar 2025

The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. The fundamental principle of food labelling rules is that information provided to the consumer must not mis...