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Food industry calls on Andy Burnham to make food security a national priority
['Josie Clarke', 'Press Association Consumer Affairs Correspondent']
Irish News
The Prime Minister has been urged to make food security a priorityFood industry giants including Tesco and Danone have joined charities to call on Andy Burnham to make food security a national priority alongside energy and defence.
It says: “Each new shock lands on a food system with less capacity to absorb it.
It calls on Mr Burnham to urgently introduce a Good Food Bill to act as a legally binding framework to improve national food and nutrition security, public health and food system resilience.
Anna Taylor, executive director of The Food Foundation, said: “The UK food system is dangerously exposed to shocks far beyond our borders.
A Government spokeswoman said: “We will always protect the food security of this country to ensure that people have access to nutritious, affordable food.