Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the EU counterparts relating to the Food Standards Agency's document, Regulating Our Future on the implications for food exports and food companies' access to the single market after the UK leaves the EU.

The United Kingdom Government has not conducted any formal discussions with European Union Ministers regarding the Food Standards Agency (FSA) regulatory transformation programme, Regulating Our Future (ROF).

The UK Government continues to engage with the FSA in the delivery and implementation of its strategic regulatory programme, ROF. The FSA uses an open policy - making approach. This means that it will continue to share thinking, ideas and concepts related to the delivery and implementation of the ROF programme with UK Ministers and wider stakeholders before any policy options are agreed through a formal consultation process.

The UK Government will need to be assured as the UK prepares to leave the EU that there remains a robust and effective regulatory regime for maintaining the safety and authenticity of food for the benefit of UK consumers and the UK food industry.