Brexit poses huge risk to Britain's food standards, report says
by Matthew Taylor from Environment | The Guardian on (#39VBZ)
Rush to secure trade deals could lead to a lowering of standards and poorer quality food in supermarkets
Brexit poses huge risks to food standards in the UK and will have "seismic implications" for its food and farming systems, according to a new report.
Author Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council, said that the UK faced a stark choice between promoting a high quality, ethical and sustainable system and "a race to the bottom" driven by a desire to secure post-Brexit trade deals "at any cost".
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