The Tomato Growers' Association has hit out at imports after the E. coli outbreak in Spanish salad crops.
TGA spokesman Gerry Hayman told freshinfo the outbreak, which has killed four people in Germany, gave further backing to the association's support for British produce.
He said: "How many more reasons do consumers need to choose to buy British salad crops? In the 45 years I have been involved with the British tomato industry, I am not aware of a single report of a food poisoning incident occurring in the tomato production process here."
He added: "There is no risk from any contaminated water supplies being used for commercial tomato production in the UK and no animal manures are used in production in either organic or conventional systems.
"UK packhouses adhere to the strictest of food hygiene regulations and standards."
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