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Fish and Meat: Origin Marking

Commons · Question 17625 · Tabled 9 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 16 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of protected geographical indication labelling on a) fresh meat and b) fresh fish packaging.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 16 Jul 2026

Geographical indications (GIs) protect the names of products whose qualities, reputation or characteristics are linked to a particular place. The Government has not formally assessed the adequacy of GI labelling on either fresh meat or fresh fish packagin...