Thanks for directing my attention to a story I had otherwise missed. Now rather than issue meaningless rebuttals that are damaging trust can I suggest actual engagement in the topic of food standards in post-Brexit trade agreements...
Usefully Liam Fox and DIT could start by finally accepting that trade agreements can affect food standards. It is almost unbelievable that the statement below - 100% factually incorrect - still appears on the website promoting consultation on CPTPP 
Then we could usefully have a discussion about what food regulations we want to see in trade agreements - where we may discover we think EU regulations are in cases protectionist. But we can't have this discussion if we pretend this isn't covered in trade agreements.
Alternate lines to reassure "If the US requires us to change our food regulations in a trade deal, we won't sign" or if we might "Under WTO rules we can't discriminate against food we don't like without proper evidence - and we will go through that process"
