The horsemeat scandal of early 2013 shows us that food is not always what it says on the tin, and that this is our fault. We have allowed the nation’s food system to become degraded and it is high time we did something about it.
In 2010 Britons spent only 9.6% of their incomes on food, whereas in France the equivalent figure was 13.4%, Germany 10.9%, Italy 14.9%, Netherlands 11.7%, and Sweden 12.4%. It is true that food prices and living standards vary from country to country but such differences cannot fully explain why British consumers are among the most reluctant to invest their money in high-quality (and therefore expensive) food products. Among the large, wealthy nations it is only the USA (6.8%) and Canada (9.6%) that have joined us in the race to the bottom of this league table.
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