Cable’s young grandson in farming fight

Ayrton Cable premiered his short film proposing a new law on food labelling to an audience of MPs and journalists at Westminster last night at the launch of the Labelling Matters campaign by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), the RSPCA, Soil Association and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA).

The campaign calls for clearer labelling to allow consumers to choose products from animals that have been raised in accordance with higher standards of welfare.

Ayrton said: “I think all meat and dairy products like chicken, cheese and bacon should be clearly and honestly labelled to show the farm system used to rear the animal.

“With ‘method of production’ labelling people can choose either to buy meat and cheese from animals which are kept in a kinder system, even though this may cost a bit more. Or they could choose intensively farmed food, which may be cheaper but which has been made using animals who suffered.

“We should take a stand on food labelling with a new law and have all meat and dairy products labelled by method of production.”

Mr Cable said: “I am delighted that my grandson is playing a role fronting this campaign for Compassion in World Farming and its partner organisations.”