The BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme interviewed Richard Young, a Soil Association policy adviser.
The presenter, John Humphreys, asked him: “So long as the food is tested what’s the problem?”
Richard explained: “Quite a lot of these chemicals turning up as residues in food, are potentially dangerous to human health and I think most people would be appalled to learn that the vast majority of imported animal products that come into this country are not being checked for drug residues. The government has cut back funding in the area so much so that last year only seven foods were tested for. There was no testing of beef, lamb, pork, butter, milk… There was testing of imported fish, shrimps and some testing of poultry but because it [the V