Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 115919

Food: Western Sahara

Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026

Question

Brian Leishman

LabourAlloa and Grangemouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to take steps to help ensure that the labelling of food originating in Western Sahara is not (a) mislabelled and (b) misleading.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Government is committed to ensuring that UK consumers are not misled about the origin of the food they purchase. In accordance with assimilated EU Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, food labelling must not be misle...

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