Hansard

Food: Supermarkets

Volume 703: debated on Monday 14 July 2008

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Lord Rana

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the Food Standards Agency has addressed the issue of supermarkets discarding food because of faulty or damaged packaging. [HL4503]

The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Lord Rooker)

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) deals only with the labelling, not the packaging of food. The issue of supermarkets discarding food because of faulty or damaged packaging is a commercial issue and not something that falls under the remit of the FSA.