Slash & burn: Can we trust UK politicians to maintain food standards after Brexit?

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Some British farmers see Brexit as an opportunity – but others fear a flood of substandard food imports will be allowed into the country.Examples include hormone-treated beef, chlorine-washed chicken and ecologically damaging food produced on swathes of deforested land.This episode of Inside Farming examines the situation – and looks at how politicians and farmers believe substandard imports can be prevented.Featuring Defra secretary Michael Gove, shadow farm minister David Drew, NFU president Minette Batters and UK farmer Joe Stanley.A special podcast recorded at the 2019 Oxford Farming Conference.