Shoppers should be able to choose whether they buy products that are banned by the EU but not America, such as chlorine-washed chicken, a report has said JAMIE MCDONALD/GETTY IMAGESFarmers hide behind unnecessary food standards that keep out foreign competition, a think tank will claim today. The Policy Exchange, whose former chairman, Michael Gove, is now the environment secretary, said the government should scrap tariffs. Animal welfare groups said this would drive down standards. The report, Farming Tomorrow, acknowledged widespread fears that “lower prices will come at the cost of lowering standards”. But it claimed that British farmers “used unnecessary standards to keep out cheaper competitors”.

Source: The Times July 31, 2017 22:52 UTC