Import tariffs should only be reduced on imported food products which meet the UK’s ‘core standards’, according to an independent report on UK food policy.
The National Food Strategy says that leaving the EU gives the UK a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to reshape its food system.
A series of verification programmes should be used, such as those in the US which enable American farmers to export non-hormone-treated beef to the EU.
The report the UK to establish a system of food import checks that protects the environment and animal welfare and mitigates climate change.
