Deals with the USA and Australia threaten British farmers and British consumers.

From inhumane farming practices, to chlorine washed chicken, the British public are right to be worried about their food.

Food is such a huge part of our lives. Talking about food raises so many crucial and relevant issues - health, animal welfare, environmentalism, and international trade. As part of the EU, we enjoyed world class protections on all these things - from pesticide regulation to protect bees, to farming standards to protect our sheep and cattle.

Now we’re alone, and trying to negotiate our place in the world. That could mean accepting worse standards and worse regulation, simply to get a seat at the table. Just recently, parliament lost the right to vote on our trade deals. Once in a lifetime decisions are being made on behalf of the British people, with no scrutiny or oversight. So it’s up to us all to be vigilant, and stand up for British standards.

Please, sign our petition to keep our food standards high. Not just to make sure what we have on our plates is safe and healthy to eat, but to guard against cruel and ungreen practices. Sign the petition to uphold British standards now.

It’s not just about the protections on our food.

The coronavirus pandemic has shown us how fragile our food supply chains really are. If we don’t get a deal with Europe which guarantees frictionless trade, we could face similar shortages on our supermarket shelves.

Over a third of our food comes from Europe. It will be much harder to get fresh and healthy produce shipped quickly across the Channel into UK shops - and near impossible to ship it from trade partners on the other side of the world.

Without a comprehensive trade deal with the EU, many staple items, like pasta, tinned tomatoes and baked beans, which we get from Europe, will be slapped with extra import taxes. With healthy staples skyrocketing in price, vulnerable families will be pushed into buy cheaper, less healthy food - like chlorinated chicken and cheap, hormone-injected beef.

Sign the petition to keep our standards high in our upcoming trade deals - once regulations start to slip, the floodgates will open to a host of damaging and unhealthy practices. Sign today, and make sure our standards stay world-class.

Outside the EU, we don’t have the bargaining power of the world’s largest trading bloc. Our leaders may be tempted to sacrifice the protections which keep us all safe, for a short-term advantage.

But IF get a full deal with Europe, we CAN maintain the standards of food, environmental and animal safety we’ve enjoyed for years. We CAN continue to get fresh, healthy produce quickly and easily. And we CAN uphold our standards which stem from a shared set of values.

Best wishes,

Naomi Smith 
CEO, Best for Britain

PS. Add your name to the petition now and be part of our campaign to keep British standards high. I am so grateful for your help.