Why the Government must do more to protect our food chain - letter

The minimum expectation of any government has to be that they will keep its people safe.

Unfortunately, I feel the present government has completely failed to do that, and the future looks even more dismal!

In my opinion it has mismanaged the coronavirus pandemic, through empty promises, confusing messages, repeated failures on testing, PPE and moving to lockdown too slowly.

The government is now seeking a deal with the USA, which I feel will undermine food standards, allowing cheap, substandard meat into our food chain, thus undercutting our farmers and driving them into bankruptcy.Widespread use of antibiotics has increased bacterial resistance in American cattle.

The long-term effects of how the steroids increase the rate of resistance to antibiotics in animals, and subsequently in humans, is still unclear to scientists.In America, hormone-free meat is a premium product, with some US authorities recommending that it is safer to buy and eat European meat.Johnson and Cummings appear to want to add tainted meat to our huge heath problems.

Johnson and Cummings will make sure they don’t eat such suspect food, that is for the rest of us, the mere plebs!

The damage to the nation’s health and the farming economy is seemingly being ignored.

Pete Milroy,By email