专家表示,该国没有在危机中喂养民众的计划,且未为未来短缺做好准备。根据致安迪·伯纳姆的公开信,超过150名专家警告称,英国没有应对危机时如何喂养民众的计划,也未为潜在的未来食品短缺做好准备。
Experts say country does not have plan to feed people in a crisis and is unprepared for future shortages Britain does not have a plan for how to feed people in a crisis and is unprepared for potential future food shortages, according to a warning from more than 150 experts delivered to Andy Burnham.
据公开信称,气候危机、地缘政治冲击、网络攻击和能源中断均属于食品链安全面临的威胁,信中指责政府‘在食品国家安全问题上掉以轻心’。
The climate crisis, geopolitical shocks, cyber-attacks and energy outages are among the threats to food chain security, according to the open letter, which claims the government is “complacent about food as a national security matter”.
根据《2004年民事应变法案》建立地方食品韧性委员会新体系。审查英国对少数大型食品公司和食品进口的依赖程度。以营养需求为导向重新调整国家食品生产。建立国家、区域、地方和社区层面的食品储备计划。支持英国食品供应的去中心化。
Establish a new system of local food resilience committees under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. Audit the UK’s reliance on a few very large food companies and food imports. Realign national food production around nutritional needs. Create national, regional, local and community food storage schemes. Support the decentralisation of the UK’s food supply.