Liberal Democrats have said ‘American hands should be kept off Cornish pasties.’

Some media reports have suggested US food producers may be able to make and sell ’Cornish Pasties’ made in America following Brexit.

The US has long been opposed to the rules that mean that a pasty can only be described as ‘Cornish” if it is made in Cornwall, and have been lobbying for these rules to be dropped after Brexit.

Derris Watson, chair of Cornwall Liberal Democrats, said: ‘A Cornish pasty should be just that, a pasty made in Cornwall.

‘We fought hard for many years to get protected status for the Cornish pasty and to see it thrown away as part of Brexit is a disgrace.

‘The Government have refused to say that the protected status of the Cornish pasty, Cornish clotted cream, or any of the other regionally protected foods, will continue after Brexit.’