EU workers in food and drink industry need assurance over Brexit | Letters

Nearly 4 million people are employed in growing, harvesting, producing, packaging, selling and serving our food and drink.

In light of the vote for Brexit, the importance of food and drink to our nation's economic and physical wellbeing should be recognised and its future secured. In recent years, Britain has enjoyed access to a wider range of safe, high-quality food and drink, at every price point, than ever before. At a time when household incomes are under increasing pressure, shop prices for food have been kept in check for more than three years and, if that is to continue, the government must ensure the place of food and drink both in our new industrial strategy and at the heart of the Brexit negotiations.