It's a sobering thought that one in two consumers across the UK do not trust the food that they are eating. I suppose we can thank '˜Horsegate' and the food scares that preceded it for this wholly unsatisfactory state of affairs. But on the plus side, the recent Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey - from which the aforementioned statistic has been derived - highlights the growing consumer interest in how food is actually produced. And, surely this is a reality which the farming and food industries here in Northern Ireland can use to their advantage.
