Farming Today - 31/08/2010

Smuggling illegal food into the lucrative European market is a growing problem. Anna Hill hears how organised gangs are smuggling counterfeit food to UK shores. Jenny Morris from the Chartered Institute for Environmental Health calls for European crime prevention teams to work together to safeguard European food supplies. Despite British blueberry production increasing fivefold in a decade, only 10% of what we consume is grown here. Sarah Swadling visits Exmoor, where one farmer is tapping into the rising demand for the fruit. A controversial trial of blight-resistant GM potatoes appears to be working. Farming Today visits the site near the John Innes Centre in Norfolk to see how the modified crop is coping with the disease. Presenter: Anna Hill Producer: Melvin Rickarby.