Brexit: Tory MPs urge government to scrap EU pesticide regulations and allow all US chemicals on food

MP-authored report says EU has taken food safety to ‘extremes’ and is too cautious

The report calls for US pesticides to be permitted (Getty Images)

Conservative MPs have urged the government to use its Brexit freedoms to ditch the EU’s cautious approach to making sure pesticides are safe for human consumption.

A new report authored by right-wing Tory MPs urges ministers to “peel back” the EU’s “precautionary principle” so that chemical companies can experiment, increase "yields", and "return a profit".

A chapter of the report, authored by MP Alexander Stafford, says the UK should automatically allow all pesticides permitted in the United States under a “mutual recognition” system.