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Don’t swap Britain’s growth for EU food rules
Share this article The UK-EU relationship must be viewed through the lens of the battle for the world’s…
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/138040/
https://www.europesays.com/britain/138040/ Don’t swap Britain’s growth for EU food rules #Agriculture #Brexit #Britain #cptpp #DynamicAlignment #EmissionsTradingScheme #EU #FoodStandards #FoodStandardsAgency #GrowthCommission #Regulation #ShankerSingham #SPSAgreement #Trade #UKEUReset
https://www.europesays.com/ch/140090/ Nestle Low Fat Dairy Whitener Sample From Delhis 5-Star Hotel Found Unsafe. Sale Stopped #BharatHotels #BharatHotelsLtd #FoodBusinessOperator #FoodContamination #FoodStandards #FoodStandardsAct #FoodStandardsAct2006 #FSSAI #LaboratoryTesting #LowFatDairyWhitener #Nestlé #NestleIndiaLegalAction #NestleLowFatDairyWhitener #SubstandardFoodProducts
Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant fined for using ants as garnish
Most of the ants came from the US, with some coming from Thailand [Korean Ministry of Food and…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #Seoul #dessertgarnish #FoodSanitationAct #foodstandards #KoreanMinistryofFoodandDrugSafety #MichelinGuide #queenants #restaurant #Weaverants
https://www.europesays.com/korea/156975/
EU officials confirm a ban on Brazilian meat and dairy amid health concerns.
The EU’s ban on imports of Brazilian meat and other animal products from Thursday could be short-lived if audits later this week confirm compliance with EU standards — but European officials cautioned against expecting an “early result”.
#EU #Food #Meat #Dairy #FoodStandards #Antibiotics #Livestock #Mercosur
https://www.europesays.com/ie/666743/ EU to suspend imports of Brazilian meat over compliance concerns #Beef #BeefImports #BrazilianBeef #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #EU #EuropeanUnion #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FoodSafety #FoodStandards #Headlines #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MeatImports #News #suspended #TopStories #TopStories #World #WorldNews #WorldNews
The EU’s food border inspectors get busier in an era of expanding trade.
Europe is opening new trade routes and strengthening its system for controlling imported food.
EUobserver went to Antwerp to see how it is done.
“Once we found a frozen dog in a container from China. That was strange, because importing frozen dogs into the EU is not allowed.”
https://www.europesays.com/ch/83208/ Nestlé India rejects Maggi infestation allegations, cites lab test results #ActionTakenReport #ConsumerTrust #FMCGSector #FoodSafety #FoodStandards #FSSAINotice #InfestationAllegations #InvestorSentiment #LabTests #MaggiNoodles #Nestlé #NestléIndia #QualityStandards #RegulatoryNotice #SharePrice #SocialMedia
The prevention blind spot: Is salt the silent crisis undermining UK health?
image: ©surachetsh | iStock Sonia Pombo, Head of Research and Impact at Action on Salt & Sugar, located…
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https://www.europesays.com/2988891/
https://www.europesays.com/2988891/ The prevention blind spot: Is salt the silent crisis undermining UK health? #FoodIndustry #FoodStandards #GreatBritain #Health&SocialCare #UnitedKingdom
UK government plans to approve EU single market rules without parliamentary vote | Ukraine news
A forthcoming bill could let ministers adopt EU-aligned regulations directly, bypassing full parliamentary votes and reshaping UK oversight.…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanParliament #foodstandards #News #parliamentaryscrutiny #regulatoryalignment #tradetalks #ukeubill #ukeubillregulatoryalignmentparliamentaryscrutinyfoodstandardstradetalks
https://www.europesays.com/europe/13646/
https://www.europesays.com/uk/892272/ ‘He’s reversing the referendum!’: Another Starmer Brexit betrayal #Brexit #Britain #CamillaTominey #CarbonEmissions #EU #Europe #European #EuropeanUnion #FoodStandards #GreatBritain #JacobReesMogg #KeirStarmer #ParliamentaryVote #UK #UnitedKingdom #ViktorOrbán
https://www.europesays.com/britain/12913/ UK could adopt EU single market rules under new legislation #EuropeanLegislation #FoodStandards #KeirStarmer #NigelFarage #ReformUK #UK #UnitedKingdom
Clarkson blasts ‘mad’ school dinners as Welsh kids fed chicken from China and Thailand
The former Top Gear host — now better known to many as a working farmer thanks to his hit Amazon series Clarkson’s Farm — has waded into the controversy after it emerged children across Wales are being served chicken from countries including China, Thailand and Brazil.
And he’s speaking from experience.
Since taking over Diddly Squat Farm, Clarkson has repeatedly highlighted the financial pressures, regulations and challenges facing British farmers — something he says makes the school meals situation even harder to understand.
Typical school dinner tray featuring fried chicken, macaroni, corn and diced potatoes — similar to meals served in Welsh schools using imported poultry.Swansea figures spark outrage
As previously revealed by Swansea Bay News, the situation in south west Wales has left many readers stunned.
In Swansea itself, just 2.33% of the chicken used in school meals comes from the UK, with the vast majority imported — including a significant proportion from outside Europe altogether.
Elsewhere in the region, the picture is no clearer. Carmarthenshire Council admitted using chicken from outside the EU to cater for halal dietary requests but declined to say where it came from, while Pembrokeshire also refused to provide detailed figures. Neath Port Talbot did not respond to requests for information.
Across Wales, the figures become even more stark. In Merthyr Tydfil, almost all school chicken — more than 99% — is imported, while in Gwynedd the vast majority is sourced from countries including Brazil, Thailand and China.
Perhaps most striking of all, not a single council in Wales was able to confirm how much of the chicken served to children is actually Welsh.
Jeremy Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper share a moment while working the land in Clarkson’s Farm. (Credit: Amazon)Clarkson: “It makes no sense”
Writing in a national newspaper column, Clarkson said the situation left him completely baffled.
“How is it possible to ship a chicken all the way from Chiang Mai to Bridgend and for it to arrive with a lower price tag than a chicken reared two miles down the road?”
He blamed government policy for creating what he sees as a deeply unfair system — something he says he’s experienced first-hand.
“It’s the government that imposes unbelievably strict and expensive standards on British farmers — and then allows imports that don’t follow anything like the same rules.”
Clarkson said those rules — while often well-intentioned — can leave UK farmers struggling to compete.
Jeremy Clarkson takes a break on the farm alongside Kaleb Cooper during filming of Clarkson’s Farm. (Credit: Amazon)“Jumping through all these hoops makes farming here clean and efficient… but it also makes it more expensive.”
‘British farmers being priced out’
Drawing on his own experience running a farm, Clarkson warned that UK agriculture is being squeezed from all sides.
He pointed to bans on certain pesticides and stricter welfare rules in Britain compared to other countries — arguing that while they may protect the environment and animals, they also drive up costs.
“We do the right thing here… and then import food from places that don’t.”
He said the result is a system where British farmers are effectively being undercut in their own market.
“British farmers are being priced… into the bankruptcy court.”
A system “no one can fix”?
Clarkson also suggested the problem may be bigger than government alone, pointing to global trade rules that limit what the UK can do about imports.
“On the face of it, there’s not a damn thing we can do about it.”
But he did offer one solution — urging consumers and organisations to pay closer attention to where food comes from.
Campaigners are angry that Chicken imported from thousands of miles away are beiung used for school dinners – rather than locally bred animals“If there’s a little red tractor, it means the food you’re buying was grown here in the UK.”
Parents and farmers hit out
The revelations have sparked a wave of frustration across Wales, particularly among farming families who feel they are being undercut in their own communities.
Many parents have also been left questioning what exactly is ending up on their children’s plates, and why food is being shipped thousands of miles when high-quality produce is available locally.
Critics say the situation simply doesn’t add up in a country with such strong agricultural roots, while campaigners warn it risks undermining both environmental goals and confidence in the food system.
Pressure mounting in Wales
The growing backlash is now turning the issue into a wider political and public debate.
Campaigners are calling for councils to be far more open about where school food comes from, while also pushing for changes that would allow more Welsh produce to be used in public sector meals.
There is also increasing pressure to reduce reliance on imported meat altogether, particularly at a time when local farmers are facing rising costs and uncertainty.
A row far from over
With a high-profile voice like Clarkson — and his very public farming struggles — now adding fuel to the fire, the debate over school meals in Wales shows no sign of slowing down.
And for many, the question remains:
Why are Welsh children eating imported chicken… when it could be produced on their own doorstep?
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/816758/ Beef Monster Munch and Bacon Fries face being renamed under Brexit laws #Brexit #Britain #EU #Europe #European #EuropeanUnion #Food #FoodStandards #GreatBritain #PoliticsNews #TradeDeal #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.europesays.com/2829966/ Why Some People Think Food Is Better In Europe Than In The US #Europe #EuropeanFood #EuropeanUnion #FoodStandards
If you're a meat eater, it's time to avoid #KFC, #BurgerKing, #Nandos, #Popeyes, #Wingstop, #Wagamama and others. Check where their #chicken and other meat comes from. Unless you want to eat #frankenchicken with health problems that dies young purely to make the company more profit. #AnimalWelfare #FoodStandards
BBC News: KFC, Nando's, and others ditch chicken welfare pledge
📏 Standards matter.
EU farmers face strict rules on animal welfare, pesticides & environment.
Concern: imports may legally enter the EU but still be produced under looser regimes → uneven competition. 4)
#FoodStandards #Sustainability
A hearty "fuck off you fucking cunt" to the United States
#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #USPOL #USPOLITICS #TechBros #TechFascism #Safety #FoodStandards #Technology #USUKTradeDeal
How American, 'toxic lettuce'
Guess it'll be child brides and gun shows next, yeah? /s
No plans to change Tim Tam recipe after rival UK biscuit can no longer be called chocolate
Does Australia now have the upper hand over the UK when it comes to who has the better…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/au/251644/
Brits want Nigel Farage to step away from the Brexit shredder.
UK opposition parties have pledged to shred Keir Starmer’s EU reset if they get into power. The UK public would rather they didn’t.
Polling by POLITICO shows the government’s agri-food deal agreed in principle with Brussels is popular with Remainers and Leavers alike — even when they're told it means following EU rules.
#UK #Politics #EU #Brexit #Food #Agriculture #FoodStandards #KeirStarmer #NigelFarage
https://www.europesays.com/uk/440458/ The ‘healthy’ baby foods replacing sugar and salt with UPFs #Food #FoodSafety #FoodStandards #Health #HealthyEating #Nutrition #UK #UltraProcessedFood #UnitedKingdom
The ‘healthy’ baby foods replacing sugar and salt with UPFs
The prevalence of ultra-processed ingredients in baby foods could increase as new guidelines call for reductions in the…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/150134/
https://www.europesays.com/uk/381186/ Foie gras and gene editing sticking points of Brexit reset #AnimalWelfare #Brexit #Britain #EU #Europe #European #EuropeanUnion #FoodStandards #GreatBritain #LabourParty #PoliticsNews #UK #UnitedKingdom
@fixatedpersonsunit Thanks for highlighting this — it's genuinely alarming. Australia once had some of the world’s highest biosecurity and food safety standards, but decisions like this undermine public confidence.
Why should Australians be exposed to risks others aren't willing to accept? Our regulators owe us some transparency.
#foodstandards #auspol #beefimports #publichealth
So i made the mistake of buying Eastman's Chicken Roll from @Tesco, I could run my finger across each slice & feel the bits of bone & other solids. When did our food standards get so bad, but it's all legal.
#Tesco #foodstandards #food #BlackRock #Vanguard #legalbutnotright
A Wakefield abattoir was sentenced for blocking Food Standards Agency hygiene inspections. 🚫
#hygiene #foodsafety #foodstandards #wakefield #abbatoir
English Abattoir Fined Over £6...
Gilead is hoping to flood our food supply with toxic shit, and Starmer is going to help them.
See the Yanks try the Victimhood ploy, like that grotesque Rapist President of theirs "Oh you're nasty, you're being nasty to us, it's unfair, nasty..."
Go fuck yourself Brook Rollins, nazi fuck.
#UKUSTradeDeal #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #FoodStandards #ChloriineChicken #BrookeRollins
@KanaMauna @InfoSecSherpa I hope the UK doesn’t trade deal away our food standards. No chlorinated chicken or hormone fed beef for us please. #UK #USA #Trade #FoodStandards
“Donald Trump ‘expecting to make second state visit to UK in September’.” How much chlorinated chicken and hormone fed beef is he bringing with him? #Trump #UK #Farming #FoodStandards
Gilead is not the UK's friend, they intend to colonise us.
We appreciate the irony, but fuck off
Czech farmers fight back against fake food origin labels.
Major Czech farming groups, including the Agrarian Chamber of the Czech Republic and the Czech Agricultural Association, have joined a Europe-wide initiative calling for stricter rules on food origin labelling as imports are often sold with branding that falsely suggests European origins.
#Farming #Agriculture #Food #FoodLabelling #FoodOrigin #FoodStandards #Europe #Czechia #CzechRepublic
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#Singapore #food isn’t what it used to be!
"commercial #foodstandards hv been this way for a long time. In my childhood, I’ve heard the common refrain of food in the past being much better.. #Hawkers can teach hired hands & partners #howtocook their dishes, but they can’t teach them to #care.. part of the solution is to revive the art of #homecooking.. potent reminders of what #heritage foods ought to #taste like, when no #shortcuts are taken & nothing is #skimped on"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/singapore-food-hawker-local-dishes-taste-standards-4722176
It isn't just the lack of fruit and veggies coming into the UK, now you have to be aware of illegal meats, maggot infected, not temperature controlled or safely stored coming in from Eastern Europe. Illegal pesticides and breaking #EU standards coming into #Dover
#GTTO #BrexitBenefits #BrexitBrokeBritain #FoodStandards #ToryBrexitDisaster
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‘Not for EU’ stickers on milk, meat, fish and vegetables across the UK, ministers say
It is against the spirit of Brexit to roll out labelling across mainland and not just in Northern Ireland, critics say
UK to join trade pact with Malaysia and Australia as Sunak claims Brexit ‘benefit’ | The Independent
#BrexitBenefits
#Brexit
#CPTPP
#FoodStandards
#EnviromentalProtections
#Sunak
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sunak-trade-pact-indopacific-brexit-b2311225.html
Another of those great post-Brexit free trade deals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/09/uk-import-high-carbon-beef-low-welfare-pork-trade-deals
#FBPE #FoodStandards #Environment
