An amendment has been tabled to the Agriculture Bill which would allow the UK to break away from restrictive EU rules on gene editing.
A Welsh Parliament committee has called for stronger food security provisions in the UK Agriculture Bill.
New checks on food products entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK will present a ‘significant challenge’ for business, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has said.
Bodies representing different parts of the food supply chain have urged Government to set out what kind of support it intends to offer businesses in the event of a second wave of coronavirus.
The influential Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has urged Governments across the UK to spend cash earmarked for road building on improving broadband instead.
Farm groups have cautiously welcomed the Government’s new tariff schedule, which maintains protections for key agricultural products such as lamb, beef, poultry, cheese and butter.
Plaid Cymru has launched a new campaign, ‘I’m Buying Local’, to promote Welsh food and boost farmers’ incomes.
The NFU has launched an online survey to better understand how disruption to the usual supply of face masks and other agricultural personal protective equipment (PPE) has affected farmers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan is seeking to minimise access to its market for UK food products in any post-Brexit trade deal, a leading expert has warned.
Welsh Government’s failure to consider how to protect food security in its post-Brexit policy proposals was flagged as a major concern by respondents to a key consultation, held before the coronavirus pandemic.