Government condemned for trying ‘to rush it through’ – in echoes of Northern Ireland Protocol now being torn up. / MPs should block the Australia trade deal because the government has broken a promise to allow it to be scrutinised properly, a damning report says.

Soil Association raises concerns over chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef.

WHEN asked whether US food standards would ever be accepted in post-Brexit Britain, the unequivocal response from Cabinet Minister Michael Gove was “over my dead body”.

UK preparing to lift tariffs on palm oil from Malaysia as price for joining CPTPP trade agreement. / Britain is preparing to sign off on a post-Brexit trade deal that campaigners say will encourage further destruction of nature, threaten the habitat of orangutans in Malaysia and make a mockery of the government’s claims of being committed to tackling deforestation abroad.

A bill to remove EU-derived laws that include 570 environmental regulations will cause serious ecological harm, charities and MPs have warned.

Brexit fears prompt more than 50 firms to move registrations away from the UK.

Select committee says ministers want to rush through deal allowing food imports that fall below UK environmental standards.

British rice milling industry faces wipe-out from part of a trade deal being discussed with India. First proposed by Boris Johnson, it is also predicted to raise consumer food prices and break UK limits on pesticides.

Activists file formal complaint alleging government has breached international law in signing deal.

Brexit is also impacting the tools pest controllers have readily available to tackle vermin as less companies opt to pay to put their products through UK-specific regulation processes.

Exclusive: Britain is falling behind the bloc on almost every area of green regulation, analysis reveals.

Goodbye, food standards. Hello, corporate lobbyists. Why are we doing this, for no real economic benefit?

When the government announced this year it would indefinitely delay plans to force UK companies to adopt a new post-Brexit quality mark, the UKCA, Simon Blackham, of the insulation maker Recticel, was delighted. “Yes! An outbreak of common sense,” he recalls thinking. / His joy was short-lived, however.

They talked about the benefits of community farming for wellbeing and biodiversity, as well as the risks posed by pesticides and lower environmental standards.

EU restricts use of eight chemicals, with 16 more in pipeline; UK has two under consideration.

The UK has again approved the use of a bee-killing pesticide that is banned in the EU.

This week's Brexit downsides: half a billion in extra costs to import food, the collapse of trade talks with Canada and more.