Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 113951

Western Sahara: Origin Marking

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to UIN 61881 on Western Sahara: Origin Marking, if she will take steps to ensure that produce originating in Western Sahara is labelled as such by

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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