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Food and Drink Sector Council

Asked by Carolyn HarrisLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 21 July 2025UIN 64778

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Food and Drink Sector Council last met; and when they plan to meet next.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The Food and Drink Sector Council last met in October 2024. Since then we have set up the Food Strategy Advisory Board, Citizens Advisory Council, and continued our engagement with the F4 grouping of industry representative bodies as we develop the food strategy. We have engaged with over 400 individuals and organisations in the last four months culminating in the publication on 15 July 2025 in Towards a Good Food Cycle (link). We recognise the excellent work of the FDSC, and will make a further announcement on the future of our engagement in food strategy development in due course.

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