Food: Standards
(asked on 9th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask for the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department's contingency plans for the UK leaving the EU without a deal includes a temporary lifting of foods standards.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 15th October 2018
The UK Government is committed to maintaining our world leading set of standards on food safety and quality, underpinned by robust and independent scientific and technical advice. Any products entering the UK market – now or in the future – must meet our high standards of quality and safety.
We have no intention of temporarily lifting or lowering our food and animal welfare standards.