The latest issue of the Consumer Association's magazine draws attention to the holes that are opening up in our vaunted food safety regime.
A landscape of rising food prices, changes to border controls and cuts to enforcement agencies has left our food system ripe for abuse. In March, it was reported that supermarket chain Booths had to remove prepacked beef slices and deli items. A supplier had labelled them as British beef, but they were actually from Europe and South America
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Not even food producers want to see legislation disappear. As Orla Delarge, head of public affairs at Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming says, "standards ensure a level playing field for all."
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