Farmers urge UK government to protect food standards in post-Brexit trade bill

Union and consumer groups warn post-Brexit trade policy must hold food imports to same standards as UK

Farmers, environmentalists and consumer groups are pressing the government to honour its manifesto pledge not to undermine food standards with low-quality imports in a post-Brexit trade policy.

A coalition of organisations, led by the National Farmers Union, failed to secure amendments in the Commons to the agriculture bill last week to protect UK farmers and producers from lower-quality imports from countries like the US.