Boris Johnson: Don't break your promise on food and animal welfare standards in trade deals

The government is backtracking on its promise to protect the UK's high food and animal welfare standards when signing trade deals with countries like the US. It means products like hormone-pumped beef and chlorinated chicken could be heading our way - but this isn't just about food safety and animal welfare. It's also about protecting British farmers and their livelihoods from cheap imports that fall short of the standards they work hard to uphold.

Promises aren't enough. We're calling on Boris Johnson's government to put into law rules to ban food that violates our high animal welfare and food standards.