THE TELEGRAPH: Britain faces race to the bottom on food standards, warns James Bailey
Waitrose has attacked ministers for shelving plans to make animal welfare labels mandatory, warning that Britain risks a “race to the bottom” on standards.
Writing in The Telegraph, James Bailey, Waitrose’s executive director, described it as a “huge disappointment” that the Government had abandoned a planned formal consultation over bringing in new animal welfare labels for meat produce.
He said this meant the scheme “won’t make it onto the statute book any time soon”, and warned that without it Britain’s farmers risked being undercut by battery-caged chickens imported from the Asia Pacific.
He added: “Customers deserve to know where the meat on their dinner table comes from and how it lived.” » | Hannah Boland | Friday, July 21, 2023
