Foodlaw-Reading Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Food Law News - UK - 2021

DEFRA Policy paper, 23 March 2021

ADMINISTRATION – DEFRA Publication: Food compositional standards and labelling: provisional common framework

Food compositional standards and labelling provisional common framework A copy of the publication is available on this site (click on image) Provided uder the Open Government Licence. The original web page can accessed from:

This publication relates to the post-Brexit relationship between the different administrations within the UK.

How the UK government and devolved administrations propose to work together on food compositional standards and labelling policy.

Details

This command paper sets out how the UK government and devolved administrations propose to work together on key food compositional standards and labelling policy now the UK has left the EU.

The following is taken from the opening part of the publication:

Policy area

The policy area under consideration is food compositional standards and labelling. This encompasses policies and regulations relating to:

• Food information to consumers
• Fish labelling
• Dairy designations and spreadable fats
• Caseins and caseinates
• Cocoa & chocolate products
• Coffee extracts & chicory extracts
• Condensed milk and dried milk
• Fruit juices and fruit nectars
• Honey and honey products
• Jam and similar products
• Natural mineral, spring and bottled water
• Specified sugar products

Scope

The food compositional standards and labelling policy area is covered by a variety of EU law and associated domestic legislation which implements this in the UK. The EU laws, and associated implementing legislation, which intersect with devolved competence and are in scope of the Food Compositional Standards and Labelling Framework are listed in Annex C.

This framework and its processes may be utilised by any one (or more) of the parties proposing amendments to or entirely new legislation in these policy areas as well as amendments to EU directive-derived legislation affecting the commodities and policy areas listed above.