The Government’s Fantasy Food Strategy
07/08/2022
The government’s food strategy lacks detail or any plans for implementation, and it is contradicted by its other policies.
Brexit: Inside Portsmouth's new £25m ‘white elephant’ border control post sitting empty after government’s inspection U-turn leaves city council absorbing ‘phenomenal cost’
05/07/2022
PORTSMOUTH’S newly built £25m, two-acre border control post has been dubbed a ‘white elephant’ by port bosses following an ‘appalling’ government U-turn.
Don’t pretend Australia Brexit trade deal will have ‘noticeable’ benefits, MPs tell government
06/07/2022
Cross-party international trade committee says agreement unlikely to be detectable at supermarket tills.
The delay in extra checks on EU imports has been criticised by businesses for creating confusion and leaving UK borders vulnerable to unsafe produce.
Select committee says ministers want to rush through deal allowing food imports that fall below UK environmental standards.
Failure to impose post-Brexit border controls causing risk to food standards, watchdog warns
27/06/2022
The government’s failure to impose full import controls on food coming from the EU since Brexit has exposed the UK to increased risk of sub-standard products reaching the shelves, a new report has warned.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) released the first of what will now be an annual report.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) released the first of what will now be an annual report.
‘Sparkling wine contains same pressure as tyre of large van’: Industry voices concern over health and safety.
Food shoppers are less protected due to Brexit and a failure to bring in safety checks at ports, watchdog warns
16/06/2022
FSA oversee food safety and assessments from the EU to the UK after Brexit. /
Delay on food checks from Europe until 2023 leaves families ‘less protected’.
Tory MPs urge government to scrap EU pesticide regulations and allow all US chemicals on food
14/06/2022
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.
Strategy described as ‘missed opportunity’ as final wording merely commits to ‘considering’ animal welfare.
A farmer says the lack of border checks on meat coming into the UK is deeply worrying, as it could be putting the country at risk of diseases like foot and mouth.
UK regulators face struggle after Brexit as long-term plans may be ‘wasted effort’ watchdog warns
19/05/2022
Food safety is at risk because of skilled worker shortages and loss of access to vital data bases, a report says and experts’ ability to assess threats to public is being impeded by constraints.
Britain has delayed imposing its full post-Brexit import controls on goods from the European Union again, pushing it back until the end of next year, saying it did not want to add more fuel to fast-rising inflation.
The U.K. is postponing checks on imported food and fresh products from the EU until the end of 2023, as it announced a review of the post-Brexit regime.
Jacob Rees-Mogg announced checks on imports to the UK, that were finally set to enter force in July, will now not happen as planned and instead be 'reviewed' before being introduced in a different form.
The European Commission has condemned the state of checks on goods coming into the EU via Northern Ireland.
David Frost justifies the move saying there is too much uncertainty surrounding trade rules in Northern Ireland.
Ruptures have once again emerged across government over the direction of the UK’s post-Brexit trade policy, with environment secretary George Eustice raising concerns about a potential deal with India.
New EU food safety regulation – coming into force next March – is ‘concerning’ exporters, MPs told.
NHS costs, food standards and intellectual property rights must be protected in any deal by the UK to join a major international trade agreement, a Lords committee has told ministers in a new report.
An animal welfare representative said the government is showing signs that there will not be proper protections against animal testing post-Brexit.
Andrew Adonis declares Brexit settlement unstable during The Independent’s referendum anniversary event
24/06/2021
Lord Adonis, the Labour former cabinet minister, was a guest speaker alongside David Gauke, the former Conservative cabinet minister, for the event held to mark five years since the EU referendum, which was hosted by our chief political commentator John Rentoul .
EU commissioner says UK was instrumental in developing many of the EU’s rules.