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Honey: Sales

Commons · Question 90907 · Tabled 13 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 24 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of mechanically dried honey sold as honey in the UK; and what steps he is taking to ensure that honey sold in the UK me

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 24 Nov 2025

The Department does not collect data on the amount and proportion of mechanically dried honey sold as honey in the UK. However, we do regularly collect UK honey import trade data. The Government recognises the importance of protecting food standards and h...