Food labelling correspondence and meeting minutes: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
(1) Any correspondence sent to Jim Fairlie or Mairi Gougeon within the last six months on food labelling in Scotland.
(2) Any correspondence sent from Jim Fairlie or Mairi Gougeon within the last six months on food labelling in Scotland.
(3) Any meeting minutes from a meeting held by Jim Fairlie or Mairi Gougeon, within the last six months, relating to the labelling of food in Scotland.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exemption(s) under section s.38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to that information. The reasons why that exemption applies are explained below.
An exemption under section s.38(1) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. The exemption applies to personal data of a third party, such as the names of individuals or other personal data, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act.
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Contact
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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG