There is a lack of joined-up thinking between the Government's trade policy and their food and farming policy. British farmers are being told to raise environmental and animal welfare standards while basic payments are reduced, potentially allowing them to be undercut by foreign suppliers with lower standards. The practice of mulesing sheep, battery cages for egg-laying hens, chlorine-washed chickens, long cattle transport journeys, and the use of organophosphate dips in Australia are concerning as they do not meet UK standards.