UK professor claims consumers do not want GM foods
Elliott's comments came during his City Food Lecture this week, in which he also questioned the UK Government's failure to recognise that the country's £20bn (€23.6bn) agri-food deficit leaves it exposed to climate change and food fraud.
Elliot discussed other challenges the country may face, as well going into the Brexit, including his worries over the recent vegetable shortage saying, "We are importing large amounts of food ingredients and commodities into the UK. These are often from complex supply chains. This leaves us highly vulnerable to the growing menace of food fraud," he explained.
He also mentioned that trade deals may bring in GM fruit and other GM foods which he states that UK consumers do not want. "Many commentators would say these products are all as safe as those produced and sold in Europe. However, what is very clear is that in all surveys undertaken over recent years the UK public does not want any of them."
source: foodnavigator.com
