Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 127536

Food: Packaging

Tabled: 15 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

ConservativeBasildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to the HMT policy paper, "New approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth, published on 17 March 2025, whether the Food Standard Agency’s commitment to meet EU regulatory re

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) commitment to support United Kingdom businesses in meeting European Union regulatory requirements for food-grade recycled plastics is not a deregulatory policy. It reflects a facilitative and proportionate approach that s...

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