Petition calls for ban on low-quality food imports in post-Brexit deals

Hundreds of thousands back farmers' demands for law to protect food standards

More than 250,000 people have signed a petition calling for a ban on cheaply produced low-quality food imports in post-Brexit trade deals.

The National Farmers Union (NFU) is lobbying the government to ensure that imports from countries such as the US of food produced to lower standards than expected of UK farmers should not be allowed.