Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK manufacturers will be able to sell food and drink through to shelf-life after the UK leaves the EU.

The Government, as in previous practice when a change in legislation takes place, has no plans to disallow sales of food and drink that has been legally placed on the market at the time the UK leaves the EU. We intend that this food will be allowed to remain on sale until stocks are exhausted or the food reaches the end of its durability date.