George is supporting the Conservatives' Honest Food Campaign. and recently attended a Morrisons Dinner with a Difference event to see how supermarkets can make a contribution to raising animal welfare and food standards and promote British food and farming.

Guests at the events were given a masterclass by Ray Craven, the Master Butcher for Morrisons, before having to cut and cook their own beef.

The event was attended by Directors of the supermarket chain and Nick Herbert (Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and Jim Paice (Shadow Minister for Agriculture) to discuss food sourcing and the efforts of Morrisons to use local farms as suppliers.

The Conservatives are demanding honest 'country of origin' labelling which would require products carrying the UK flag to be born, reared and processed in Britain. George said "the campaign for honesty in food labelling is extremely important to British farmers and consumers who are currently suffering due to shoddy laws and opaque labelling practices. Customers want to buy British and it is encouraging to see big firms like Morrisons taking positive steps and using local suppliers."

 

Photo: George with, from left to right, Nick Herbert, Jim Paice and Master Butcher Ray Craven.