Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:16 pm on 7 February 2017.
Unfortunately, there are villains across the world who are keen to penetrate any weaknesses in our defences on this matter. We can remember the horse burger scandal. What I’m concerned about is that Theresa May seems hellbent on a deal of some sort with the United States, which has much lower standards of food provenance than this country or any other part of the European Union. So, what assurances have we had from the UK Government that they will bear in mind the important role that the European food standards agency plays in ensuring that the labelling on food is what is says it is, and that we are absolutely up to the mark in terms of identifying adulterated food that might come onto the market otherwise?