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Campaign groups Save British Farming and Fairness for Farmers of Kent are calling for an end to imports, which they claim are produced to lower animal welfare and environmental standards, often with chemicals banned in the UK.

At this year’s conference, which starts November 30, world leaders are expected to talk about ways to shift diets toward plant-based foods as a way to lower animal agriculture’s climate pollution, the source of 15% of the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Scientists postulate that the bacillus originated in some lower animal and jumped to humans.

But opposition lawmakers expressed fear that it will erode food safety standards and expose Dutch farmers to unfair competition because their Canadian counterparts have lower animal welfare standards and lower costs.

Hygiene on farms and food safety for consumers are sensitive issues for the government at present, as difficulties over checks on livestock and farm produce are a major factor in Brexit negotiations over the Irish border, while consumers and farmers are concerned that looser trade rules after Brexit may result in imports of food from farms with lower animal welfare or hygiene standards from overseas.