Flown-in organic food rule change

Food flown into the UK will be stripped of its organic status unless it meets new stricter ethical standards, the Soil Association has warned.

The association, which certifies 70% of the UK's 1.9bn organic food sector, says firms must show trade brings real benefit to developing world farmers.

It wants all air-freighted food to meet tough "ethical trade" standards. But Trade and Development Minister Gareth Thomas said he feared the changes could harm African farmers.

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