Defra has failed to build resilience to food shocks: NAO

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With short and long-term risks becoming ‘potentially more severe’ Defra needed to review its response planning for food supply chain risks, the NAO urged

The government risks being blindsided by a major food supply emergency because Defra has failed to “encourage businesses, households and communities to strengthen resilience”, a stinging new report by the National Audit Office has warned.

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