London: Rat hair in paprika and maggots in orange juice would be the distasteful consequences of a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned on Tuesday.

In an election campaign speech focusing on Brexit, Corbyn again warned of a “race to the bottom in standards and protections” under Boris Johnson’s Conservatives, once the country is free of European Union-mandated regulations on food, the environment and labour.

Investors in London are terrified of what Jeremy Corbyn might mean for the economy. Credit:AP

He promised to get Brexit “sorted” within six months of winning the December 12 election, with a new deal that kept the UK in a customs union and close single market alignment with the EU, meaning the UK would be subject to the EU’s external trade deals rather than striking its own.

Corbyn warned that Brexit on Johnson’s terms would see food standards aligned with the US “where acceptable levels of rat hairs in paprika and maggots in orange juice are allowed”.