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'High value' UK livestock trade could be lost after Brexit following cash blow to Portsmouth port
03/02/2021
Portsmouth International Port will only get £17.1 out of £32m, meaning an essential live animal border control point cannot be built.
A live animal border control post needed due to Brexit will not be built at Portsmouth International Port.
Australia trade deal would cause cruelty not tolerated in UK and betray the public, warns RSPCA
19/05/2021
Agreement would undermine major overhaul of animal-welfare laws announced to fanfare last week, campaigners say.
Boris Johnson accused of being ‘out of his depth’ after rebuff in talks with EU’s Juncker
18/09/2019
Unnamed EU officials claim ‘penny dropped’ for PM during talks over future of Irish border. / Opponents of Brexit have accused Boris Johnson of being “out of his depth” after claims emerged of a “penny dropping moment” during his meeting with EU boss Jean-Claude Juncker earlier this week.
The Prime Minister has used the Tory conference to downplay the societal and economic impact already being felt around the UK by leaving the European Union.
UK now has a more limited relationship than when it was inside the EU... These difficulties have manifested themselves in various forms of red tape and difficulties around SPS rules.
It has been another gloomy week on the sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain, as a senior minister accused the EU of seeking “petty revenge” – and then hinted that the government might ban imports of European mineral water and seed potatoes.
Increased costs and administrative hurdles are stifling the movement of horses and livestock in what were once thriving industries.
CSO data shows biggest fall is in chemicals, food and live animals.
Brexit: A bad deal for animals
23/06/2023
A new report released today (23rd June), on the seventh anniversary of the Brexit referendum, reveals that the UK Government has failed to deliver its promise to ‘revolutionise’ animal welfare post-Brexit.
Legal experts at Walker Morris discuss what food businesses need to know about phases 2 and 3 of implementing checks at the Great Britain/EU border now the Brexit transition period has ended.
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.
Commenting on reports that the Prime Minister has indicated that post-Brexit checks on food imports from the EU to Great Britain are to be delayed for a fourth time, the British Veterinary Association has reiterated a stark warning over disease threats.
Countdown to border checks at British ports
09/06/2023
So far Irish exporters, particularly those involved in the export of food products, live animals, animal products, plants, or plant products, have been immune to the full impact of Brexit.
Farmgate prices for lamb and beef have hit a new high over the first months of 2021.
UK agriculture is highly exposed to serious diseases imported from Europe, including African swine fever (ASF), because of a failure to get new border control posts (BCPs) operational before July 2022, a senior vet has warned.
The continued absence of border control posts (BCP) in European ports for processing livestock exports from the UK is costing a Dorset pedigree cattle breeder £150,000 in lost orders.
EU proposes the UK temporarily align on plant and animal rules to remove Irish Sea checks.
In a move designed to slow the rise of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” in human health linked to farms, a few days ago the European Parliament approved restrictions on the use of antimicrobials in healthy livestock.
John Cole explores the government's response to a petition calling for an enquiry into the impact of Brexit before it's debated in parliament.
A Dorset farm has suspended more than £150,000 of orders and may be forced to abandon any future activity in Europe because of post-Brexit changes at sea ports.
New Brexit restrictions have had a ‘disastrous’ impact on the ability of UK breeding companies to sell their stock abroad, the Farming Minister was told at the Young NPA National event in London last week.
‘This flies in the face of common sense and the government’s commitment to high levels of animal and human health,’ say experts.