Liz Webster: One dead...
🚨 One dead. Hundreds sick. 38% hospitalised. UKHSA is investigating a Salmonella outbreak involving 207 confirmed cases which may be linked to imported eggs. The Food Standards Agency says: “There is no evidence that UK-produced eggs are affected.” And where were the suspected imported eggs mainly being used? Restaurants, cafés and catering establishments. The Brexit promise to escape EU regulations always meant dangerously lower food standards. Traceability and border controls protect the public. Consumers cannot Buy British when they aren’t even told the origin of ingredients used in the food they are served. Brexit Britain has weaker import controls and we have pursued cheaper global food imports. This is destroying food security and putting lives at risk. Food security means food safety too. We should be strengthening British food production and demanding robust equivalence and verification from imports, not treating food regulation as an inconvenience to trade.
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