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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey and Helena Horton in Birmingham

Concern as UK minister confirms beef could be imported from Mexico

An identification tag on the ear of a cow at a dairy farm near Thame, UK.
An identification tag on the ear of a cow at a dairy farm near Thame, UK. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Mexican beef could hit UK supermarket shelves as the farming minister confirmed that the high-carbon meat could be imported under a new trade deal.

Mark Spencer told journalists at the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference in Birmingham that the deal could pave the way for meat from the Latin American country, declaring: “We have to be fair to everyone; we can’t say we will sell milk to you but we won’t buy your beef.”

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