Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 90010

Genetically Modified Organisms: Plants

Tabled: 11 November 2025

Answered: 19 November 2025

Question

Adrian Ramsay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on consumer (a) transparency and (b) trust if precision bred seeds and plant reproductive materials are labelled but the

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels, whether that be mandatory or voluntary, so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. For Precision Breeding, Defra has established additional measures ...

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