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UK's 'fragile' food system exposed by £5bn influx of meat imports, report reveals

Is it time for an overhaul of UK's reliance on imports and to back British-farmed agricultural co-operatives instead?

Chris Brayford
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Co-op said a 15% year-on-year increase in meat imports to the UK has exposed just how fragile the British food supply chain is to global shocks like war in Iran.
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Co-op said a 15% year-on-year increase in meat imports to the UK has exposed just how fragile the British food supply chain is to global shocks like war in Iran.

Britain's domestic food resilience will continue to be increasingly vulnerable to geopolitical shocks as a result of its reliance on imported meat, according to a new study. Publishing its Building...

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