‘Immediate national priority’: ministers accused of complacency over UK food supply

Women queue for fish in London c 1946. Britain’s food system has not been significantly tested since the second world war when cold stores were in public ownership, says the CFF. Photograph: Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy

Ministers have been accused of being complacent about the risks to vital supplies of food into the UK amid concerns over fuel shortages, cyber attacks and extreme weather.

The trade body for cold storage and logistics has urged the government to make potential disruption to the UK’s food system an “immediate national priority”.