POSTnote by Peter Border and Ruth Barnes. It was first published on Tuesday, 4 July 2017. It was last updated on Monday, 5 August 2024.
Security of UK Food Supply
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58248/PN556

The security of UK food supply is a key priority for the Government, particularly in light of the UK's forthcoming withdrawal from the EU. This note outlines current UK trade in food and animal feed, examines the challenges raised to the security of UK food supply by withdrawal from the EU and analyses the policy options available for improving UK food security.
An update to this note was made on 05 Jan 2018.
Acknowledgments
POSTnotes are based on literature reviews and interviews with a range of stakeholders and are externally peer reviewed. POST would like to thank the interviewees and peer reviewers for kindly giving up their time during the preparation of this briefing.
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- POST-PN-0556
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- Consumption Imports Food supply Standards Security Trade Productivity UK trade with EU Brexit
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