Foodlaw-Reading
Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
|
|
DEFRA Consultation, 2 February 2024
 |
Consultation Questions: Marking of Retail Goods Consultation A copy of this document is available on this site (click on image). Also available is draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2024. Provided under the Open Government Licence. The original document was accessed from: |
The consultation closes on the 15th March 2024. To access the consultation online survey page, see the DEFRA Marking of Retail Goods Consultation page.
Summary
We want your views on the government’s plan to introduce the requirement for ‘not for EU’ labels on retail products across Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
This consultation closes at 11:59pm on 15 March 2024
Consultation description
The government is legislating to confirm that labelling requirements on agrifood products are applied across Great Britain, to ensure no incentive arises for businesses to avoid placing goods on the Northern Ireland market.
Stakeholders are invited to share views on the implementation of this approach to enable us to introduce this policy as effectively as possible.
The following is taken from the Consultation Document - Questions:
About this Consultation
This consultation seeks views on the government’s proposals to implement ‘not for EU’ labelling requirements for goods across Great Britain.
Throughout the process of agreeing and implementing the Windsor Framework, the UK Government has prioritised the security of Northern Ireland’s integral place in the United Kingdom. The Government’s motivation for extending ‘not for EU’ labelling requirements across GB is to maintain continuity of supply to Northern Ireland.
In this consultation, ‘goods' means the following retail goods that are delivered at distribution terminals, such as:
Distribution terminals include:
