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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the goals of the Real Bread Campaign; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the goals of the Real Bread Campaign; and if he will make a statement.
Defra is aware of the Real Bread Campaign’s ‘Honest Crust Act’ campaign. We are satisfied, however, that the Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers and General Food Law Regulation (EC) 178/2002 is effective in protecting consumers from misleading labelling and advertising of food.
EU Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires pre-packaged bread to display full labelling information including an ingredients list. The exemption from labelling for loaves sold loose is made for the purpose of reducing unnecessary regulatory burden on small businesses and bakeries, while ensuring the essential information is clear to the consumer. These requirements, together with the guidance on terms such as ‘traditional’, ‘farmhouse’ and ‘homemade’ used by food businesses and trading standards officers, provide robust protection to consumers against misleading labelling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals in relation to the appropriate labelling and marketing of bread products; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals in relation to the appropriate labelling and marketing of bread products; and if he will make a statement.
Defra is aware of the Real Bread Campaign’s ‘Honest Crust Act’ campaign. We are satisfied, however, that the Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers and General Food Law Regulation (EC) 178/2002 is effective in protecting consumers from misleading labelling and advertising of food.
EU Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires pre-packaged bread to display full labelling information including an ingredients list. The exemption from labelling for loaves sold loose is made for the purpose of reducing unnecessary regulatory burden on small businesses and bakeries, while ensuring the essential information is clear to the consumer. These requirements, together with the guidance on terms such as ‘traditional’, ‘farmhouse’ and ‘homemade’ used by food businesses and trading standards officers, provide robust protection to consumers against misleading labelling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the recommendations contained in the Honest Crust campaign published by the Real Bread Campaign and the charity Sustain published November 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the recommendations contained in the Honest Crust campaign published by the Real Bread Campaign and the charity Sustain published November 2017.
We are satisfied that compliance with EU Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers and General Food Law Regulation (EC) 178/2002 together ensure that the labelling and advertising of food must not mislead the consumer. EU Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 ensures that pre-packaged loaves display a full ingredient list, while the exemption of loaves sold at the point of production is made in the interests of small businesses and bakeries, reducing unnecessary regulatory burden while retaining essential, relevant information for the consumer.
EC Regulation 1333/2008 adequately defines the approved additives and their conditions of use in bread. These requirements, together with guidance on terms such as âhand-madeâ, âFarmhouseâ and âhome-madeâ used by food businesses and trading standards officers, already provide robust protection to consumers against misleading practices. However if a consumer does think that they are being misled by bread labelling, they should seek advice from their local trading standards office.
A restricted number of additives are permitted in sourdough bread under EC Regulation 1333/2008 â there are no plans at present to change these. There are many products on the market that do not have definitions set out in legislation, however there are general rules in place to protect consumers. The Bread & Flour Regulations 1998 contain a few, limited definitions but the focus of the legislation is on the fortification of white and brown flour with certain nutrients, mostly for restorative purposes.
There are no current plans to include a legal definition for sourdough within the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 but the baking industry itself may consider agreeing a code of practice about what should be described as a UK sourdough bread.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) require producers to list all ingredients in bread and (b) establish a definition of sourdough as being additive-free and leavened using only a culture of naturally occurring yeast.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) require producers to list all ingredients in bread and (b) establish a definition of sourdough as being additive-free and leavened using only a culture of naturally occurring yeast.
The Food Information for Consumers Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 and the General Food Law Regulation (EC) 178/2002 both require that the labelling and advertising of food must not mislead the consumer. EU Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires that all pre-packaged loaves display a full ingredient list.
A restricted number of additives are permitted in in sourdough bread under EC Regulation 1333/2008 – there are no plans at present to change these. However when we leave the EU there will be an opportunity to review this. The Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 contain a few, limited definitions but the focus on the legislation is on the fortification of white and brown flour with certain nutrients, mostly for restorative purposes. There are no current plans to include a legal definition for sour dough within the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 but the baking industry itself may consider agreeing a code of practise about what should be described as a UK sourdough bread.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to improve the labelling of bread to ensure that all ingredients and additives are included.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to improve the labelling of bread to ensure that all ingredients and additives are included.
EU Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers requires that all pre-packaged loaves display a full ingredient list. The exemption of loaves sold at the point of production is made in the interests of reducing unnecessary regulatory burden on small businesses and bakeries while retaining essential relevant information for the consumer.
The EU withdrawal Bill will bring existing provisions on to a UK legal basis.