Thérèse Coffey advises consumers to opt for turnips as tomato and cucumber supplies dwindle
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People are rightly alarmed about the chronic shortage of fruit and vegetables in our shops but it seems the government has no urgent plan to fix it,” Jardine said.
Jim McMahon, Labour’s shadow environment secretary, said: “There is genuine public concern about the supply of food and I found that response to be completely detached from the reality of experiences on the ground.”
He added that shortages were a result of “dithering and indifference from government”.
Coffey said that the UK food supply chain was “highly resilient” and that item limits applied to only a small number of lines of fruit and vegetables. She added that this was simply “the nature of horticulture”