Cameron backs call for honest food labelling
27th May 2009
On a visit to the Bath and West show in Somerset today, David Cameron met with food producers to discuss the issue of country of origin food labelling and to promote the Conservative Party’s Honest Food campaign.
David Cameron said:
“Current labelling rules which allow imported meat to be passed off as British let down consumers, hurt our farmers and undermine efforts to improve animal welfare. They have to change.
“Thousands of people have already joined our campaign for honest food, demanding that meat labelled ‘British’ is born and bred in Britain, raised to our high welfare standards.
“The best friend to the British farmer is the well informed consumer. It is crucial that producers are able to engage consumers in the high standards that lie at the heart of British agriculture.
“People should be free to choose food from any country, but real choice requires real information. Only the Conservatives are prepared to stand up to Europe and bring about the changes necessary to support our farmers and enable genuine consumer choice.”