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Foie Gras: Import Controls

Asked by Vikki SladeLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 10 June 2025UIN 56471

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the proposed UK-EU common veterinary agreement would allow the UK to ban the importation of foie gras produced by force-feeding.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The details of the Agreement are subject to negotiation, but the Government has been clear with the EU about the importance of being able to set high animal welfare standards.

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