{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/780838.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":780838,"attributes":{"action":"Standardise food package portion sizes to prevent deceptive nutrition labelling","background":"Amend the Food Information Regulations 2014 to legally define and standardise \"portion\" and \"serving\" sizes based on typical single-sitting consumer eating habits. Parliament must mandate that any product reasonably consumed by one person in a single sitting must be labelled as one single serving.","additional_details":"Currently, food manufacturers can arbitrarily declare serving counts on packaging. This allows single-serving items (like individual salad kits) to be legally labelled as \"serves 2\" or \"serves 4.\"This loophole creates a deceptive \"health halo.\" By dividing the total product contents into unrealistic fragments, brands artificially slash the calories, fat, sugar, and salt displayed on front-of-pack traffic light labels. It also masks shrinkflation, leaving consumers feeling misled and ripped off.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":8,"created_at":"2026-09-01T15:44:27.405Z","updated_at":"2026-09-25T16:12:59.050Z","rejected_at":"2026-09-25T16:12:31.138Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-09-01T21:06:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.\r\n\r\nDecisions about the size of food package portion sizes are a matter for individual businesses, not the UK Government or Parliament."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}