Written Question · S6W-25115 · Session 6
In light of the Food Standards Scotland (FSS) written submission to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee of 20 December…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Food Standards Scotland (FSS) written submission to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee of 20 December 2023, in relation to public petition PE1997, what the timescale is for FSS to discuss any proposed consultation on mandatory braille labelling of food products with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Food Standards Agency in Wales and Northern Ireland.
The answer
FSS officials meet with officials in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Wales and Northern Ireland, lead departments for food labelling in the rest of the UK, on a bimonthly basis. FSS continues to highlight that braille labelling of food products is being considered by the Scottish Parliament Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee, and the importance being placed on this issue in Scotland. Development of any policy proposals would need to be considered on a four-nation basis under the UK Food Compositional Standards and Labelling Common Framework.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-25115 by reference.