Brexit: Food Standards Regulations Debate
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Baroness Ludford
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Brexit: Food Standards Regulations
Baroness Ludford Excerpts(6 years, 2 months ago)
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Lord O'Shaughnessy
My understanding is that they will be laid, subject to clearance, before the end of the year.
Baroness Ludford (LD)
My Lords, the Government are refusing to agree with Brussels on maintenance of the system of geographical indications which protects the name and quality of local and regional products. Are the Government throwing Cornish pasties and West Country cheddar to the wolves in proposing to accept fake American versions of these products?
Lord O'Shaughnessy
I do not know whether wolves like cheddar, but that is more a question for my colleagues in Defra which I would not seek to answer. What I can say is that we want to provide protection for everything that the UK produces that is internationally recognised and special.