British foods awaiting protected status in Japan despite Liz Truss promise

Exclusive: three years after Truss boasted of securing status in trade deal, products such as Cornish pasties can still be copied

A host of famous British food types, including Cornish pasties, Welsh lamb and Melton Mowbray pork pies, have not been given formal protection from imitation in Japan nearly three years after Liz Truss boasted that they could be secured thanks to her historic" trade deal.

As trade secretary, Truss described the post-Brexit trade agreement signed with Japan in September 2020 as the UK's first landmark deal as an independent trading nation, ensuring the same tariff arrangements as the country had enjoyed when in the EU.