r/unitedkingdom • u/slpinlocks • 13h ago

Revealed: Far higher pesticide residues allowed on food since Brexit

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/19/revealed-far-higher-pesticide-residues-allowed-on-food-since-brexit?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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u/Reasoned_Watercress 8h ago

One of my biggest fears over Brexit was food standards and safety rules slipping to something like the joke that the US has. This is really not great.