Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the remit of the Food Standards and Information Focus Group; who sits on that Group; and what processes are in place for appointing the members of that group.

The Food Standards and Information Focus Group is a Trading Standards Officer (TSO) led group providing support to local authorities in the area of food standards and information including labelling. Defra and other organisations are also invited to attend. Responsibility for governance and membership of the Group is for the group itself to determine.