Committee
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 12 November 2025
12 Nov 2025 · S6 · Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
New Petitions
Mandatory Latex Labelling for Food Products (PE2178)
In light of the final point, I wonder whether the committee would consider writing to the Scottish Government to ask whether its exploration of consumer protection measures will consider how to alert consumers to allergens, such as latex, that can be present in food packaging. We could also ask whether it will work with the UK Government when considering options for packaging-based consumer protection measures.
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The Convener
Con
PE2178 was lodged by Hazel Margaret McIvor and calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce mandatory latex labelling on foo...
David Torrance
SNP
In light of the final point, I wonder whether the committee would consider writing to the Scottish Government to ask whether its exploration of consumer prot...
The Convener
Con
Those two questions volunteer themselves, given that there is an interest in officials investigating those matters. There is progress that we could make on t...
Fergus Ewing
Ind
I support Mr Torrance’s recommendation and add that, as the petitioner points out, the number of people—they include my partner—who happen to have a latex al...
The Convener
Con
I think that that is a perfectly reasonable thing for us to do. We will illustrate why the issue is important, again within the context of the review that mi...