PE1978: Allow raw milk to be sold in Scotland
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to allow raw drinking milk to be sold in Scotland, bringing it in line with England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and allow farmers the opportunity to sell unpasteurised drinking milk.
Petitioner: Cristina Rosique-Esplugas
Status: Closed
Date published: 03 October 2022
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (196.3KB, pdf) (196KB, pdf) posted 16 December 2022
Committee Meetings
18 January: The Committee agreed to write to the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland the National Farmers Union Scotland and Dairy UK.
Official Report of Meeting 18 January 2022
28 June 2023: The Committee agreed not to invite a member of the public who had requested to make a submission to do so. The Committee then agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders.
Official Report of Meeting 28 Jjune 2023
Written Submissions
PE1978/A: Food Standards Scotland submission of 24 October 2022 (100.7KB, pdf) (101KB, pdf) posted 28 October 2022
PE1978/B: Dairy UK submission of 23 February 2023 (141KB, pdf) (141KB, pdf) posted 07 March 2023
PE1978/C: Food Standards Scotland submission of 23 February 2023 (101KB, pdf) (101KB, pdf) posted 07 March 2023
PE1978/D: National Farmers Union (NFU) Scotland submission of 24 February 2023 (142KB, pdf) (142KB, pdf) posted 07 March 2023
PE1978/E: Food Standards Agency submission of 3 May 2023 (153KB, pdf) (153KB, pdf) posted 16 May 2023
PE1978/F: Petitioner submission of 22 June 2023 (232KB, pdf) posted 22 June 2023