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Bread: Labelling

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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 157621, tabled on 26 June 2018

Question

Dr David Drew
Labour
Stroud
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to improve the labelling of bread to ensure that all ingredients and additives are included.

Answer

George Eustice
Conservative
Camborne and Redruth
Commons

Answered on

2 July 2018

EU Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers requires that all pre-packaged loaves display a full ingredient list. The exemption of loaves sold at the point of production is made in the interests of reducing unnecessary regulatory burden on small businesses and bakeries while retaining essential relevant information for the consumer.

The EU withdrawal Bill will bring existing provisions on to a UK legal basis.

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