| Heading: |
Honey: Standards |
| Question ID: |
1793719 |
| UIN: |
45296 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-08 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5201 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Victoria Collins
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| Asking Member handle: |
TweetingCollins
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@TweetingCollins
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve testing methods, (b) strengthen labelling regulations and (c) help tackle honey adulteration in other ways. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-25 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
Defra carries out scientific research in partnership with the Food Standards Agency to help improve testing methods help address honey adulteration. The Honey (England) Regulations 2015 lay down detailed specifications which honey must comply with regardi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |