Food: Safety
(asked on 8th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on food safety regulations after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 16th October 2018
Food safety policy is the responsibility of the Food Standards Agency in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The Food Standards Agency, the Department for Health and Social Care, Defra and the Department for Exiting the European Union meet regularly to discuss food safety issues in relation to the UK’s departure from the EU.