Civil servants across Whitehall have been instructed to ramp up their emergency no-deal planning, with preparations including hiring staff for a 24-hour “emergency centre”.
FOI request from Green MP Caroline Lucas denied on grounds it would threaten EU negotiations
Disbelief and outrage across EU as UK says it won’t do anything to stop end to Brexit food checks in Northern Ireland
03/02/2022
European media responded with shock and disbelief this morning after a minister in Northern Ireland ordered to end checks on food in his country and the UK declared it won’t do anything about it.
Edwin Poots' proposals to increase minimum land area for post-Brexit agriculture payments could put many farmers 'out of business'
11/02/2022
PROPOSALS by Edwin Poots' department for post-Brexit support for agriculture could threaten the livelihood of hundreds of small farmers, according to the chair a Stormont committee.
There is "a lot of uncertainty" about the UK's capacity to patrol fishing waters after a no-deal Brexit, a government memo mistakenly emailed to the BBC has revealed.
Officials responsible for UK food supply now working 24/7 despite Theresa May's push for a Brexit delay.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove’s department moves two thirds of staff to work on Brexit
31/03/2019
Environment Secretary Michael Gove’s department moves two thirds of staff to work on Brexit. / More than two thirds of staff working at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have been assigned Brexit-related roles.
EU Says A Post-Brexit Shellfish Export Ban Is Indefinite, After Government Claimed It Was Only Temporary
01/02/2021
The European Union has told the UK shellfish industry that thousands of tonnes of oyster, mussel, clam, cockle and scallop exports are banned from the bloc indefinitely.
EU subsidy loss 'could wipe out farms'
09/07/2019
With three months to go before the UK could leave the European Union (EU), farmers say they still face uncertainty about future subsidy levels. / "We could be wiped out like the coal industry."
The UK has promised a greener and more pleasant land after breaking free of the EU’s farming subsidy programme. But some warn that the new plans could leave small farms at a disadvantage and leave British farmers on uneven and uncertain ground.
The government is planning to water down the regulatory requirements on key chemicals, in what experts fear could be the first move to a weaker post-Brexit safety regime for potentially toxic substances.
Talks on quotas collapsed on Friday, endangering jobs and threatening to push up price of fish and chips.
Government scheme to replace EU agricultural payments fuelled by ‘blind optimism’ and still lacking crucial details, say MPs.
Farmers are waking up to the effect Brexit could have on their industry, says PETER HETHERINGTON.
MPs on the Commons spending watchdog have accused Environment Secretary George Eustice of “blind optimism” to suggest otherwise.
Mark Tufnell says many farmers are reluctant to trust government as changes to subsidy payments loom.
Just a tiny fraction of England’s farms have received payment under the government’s sustainable farming incentive.
The number of seasonal workers applying to work at one Kent-based company is down 90% in the last two years and there are fears for the future.
Farmers have held a protest outside government offices in York over claims the pig industry is at risk of collapse.
A new parliamentary report warned the “blind optimism” shown by Tory ministers could force many small and tenant farmers in England out of business - but environment secretary George Eustice insists UK farmers are better off since Brexit.
Soil Association raises concerns over chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef.
The UK food industry has asked the government to waive aspects of competition law to allow firms to co-ordinate and direct supplies with each other after a no-deal Brexit.
Food industry warns Gove on Brexit 'crisis'
11/02/2019
The UK food industry has threatened to stop co-operating with government policy consultations, saying it is busy trying to stave off the "catastrophic impact" of a no-deal Brexit.
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.
Food safety in a post-Brexit UK
07/11/2022
Erik Millstone examines the precarious nature of food safety in the UK after the Brexit referendum and points out that prevention is always better than cure.