...which is a very important point in this era of 'Brexit'. In a few years food in the UK is going to be as poor as it is in the U.S. since the EU regulations will no longer apply. British people might even end up like Americans where everything is essentially a by-product of corn - corn fed meat, corn based pasta, corn based sugary drinks, corn based batter and corn based thickeners adulterating everything.
I am old enough to remember when food wasn't labelled the proper EU way. Sell by dates were vague and didn't apply to lots of products, there was inflation back then and everything had a price sticker (remember them) and often the low price of a tin (e.g. 7 1/2 New Pence) would give you a clue that it was past it.
The worst bit of food label changes happens next year in the U.S. when the nutrition labels get confusing. You can imagine 'big food' ('big corn') would want. Maybe the US should apply for EU membership to get the benefits of decent regulation on food, this could shift the US diet away from obesity-corn products.
I don't think EU and US food policy could be reconciled. That was a part of the argument against TPIP.
The EU has a glucose-fructose syrup production quota, annual production is limited to 300,000 tonnes. Meanwhile the US subsidises maize.
The EU cares more for the origin of food, and the preparation method: Champagne, Stilton, Scotch whisky, Plarma ham, Greek yoghurt. The US cares more for trademarks.
Legitimate concerns, but the UK now is a much smaller fry in the global market with considerably less local production - Switzerland and Norway are both out of the EU too (EEA regulations aside) and the products they consume are th same quality - I don't see companies going out of their way to exploit any regulatory laxness in the UK - it just wouldn't be worth it.
Unless Ms. May decides the only way to save the UK economy post-Brexit is to change the country to a Laissez Faire model overnight.
The regulations won't apply in a binding way, but in the transition period the UK is expected to, by default, adopt all EU law and then cherry pick parts it doesn't like.
It's unlikely we'll go to corn because we don't have enough land to sustain it, especially given the renewed pressure to grow locally, nor the massive subsidies that the US corn industry benefits from.
I am old enough to remember when food wasn't labelled the proper EU way. Sell by dates were vague and didn't apply to lots of products, there was inflation back then and everything had a price sticker (remember them) and often the low price of a tin (e.g. 7 1/2 New Pence) would give you a clue that it was past it.
The worst bit of food label changes happens next year in the U.S. when the nutrition labels get confusing. You can imagine 'big food' ('big corn') would want. Maybe the US should apply for EU membership to get the benefits of decent regulation on food, this could shift the US diet away from obesity-corn products.