Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 56471
Foie Gras: Import Controls
Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025
Question
Vikki Slade
Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the proposed UK-EU common veterinary agreement would allow the UK to ban the importation of foie gras produced by force-feeding.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe details of the Agreement are subject to negotiation, but the Government has been clear with the EU about the importance of being able to set high animal welfare standards.