EU withering about UK trade secretary’s view on food standards being minor matter in potential trade deal with US after Brexit
British curry industry ‘dying’ because of Brexit and staff shortages, leading restaurateurs warn
26/12/2018
The British curry industry is “dying” because of Brexit and staff shortages, leading restaurateurs have warned.
Somewhere in the country one more closes every day, as falling immigration squeezes staff and and a weak pound drives up costs.
Curry house bosses told how they felt “used”, “let down” and may have been given “false hope” by politicians that quitting the EU would allow more workers in from South Asia to address staff shortages.
Deal or no deal, here are the issues that need fixing by March 29.
'There is a very real risk that a disorderly Brexit will lead to an immediate reliance on overseas imports, produced to lower standards, while many UK farms struggle to survive,' NFU says
Usually the domain of survivalist groups and doomsday "preppers," food stockpiling has gained some mainstream appeal in the UK recently ...
NFU says UK produces only 60% of its own food and must increase production to avoid food insecurity after leaving EU.
Conservatives' pledge to end freedom of movement and drastically reduce net migration looms over businesses already suffering labour shortage.
Brexit and the coming food crisis: ‘If you can’t feed a country, you haven’t got a country’
21/05/2017
Britain’s food production depends on seasonal migrant labour from the EU. What will happen to those workers after Brexit? And how will it change the industry?
Denmark is the largest importer of pork to the UK but that position is under threat if no deal is struck.
The head of a national farming union has warned Britain will not be able to feed itself without the help of seasonal non-UK labour after Brexit.
Peers set to shelve trade bill in anger over threats to food safety and animal welfare - but it is essential if the UK crashes out of EU.
A cold storage firm says it has run out of room because the food industry is stockpiling in the run-up to Brexit.
Hospital food at risk from no-deal Brexit
10/11/2018
Department of Health writes to trusts advising of contingency plans for short supply of imported ingredients.
Sainsbury's, Asda and McDonald's are among those warning stockpiling fresh food is impossible and that the UK is very reliant on the EU for produce.
Items to disappear from supermarket shelves and prices to increase if UK crashes out of EU, group including Lidl, the Co-op, Pret a Manger and KFC say.
Police fear the fallout from a "no-deal" Brexit could lead to "wide-scale disruption and dangers for the general public" and have warned they may not have the resources to cope.
Prices will soar and border delays will halt fresh food imports following the "shock" of a no-deal Brexit, Britain’s major supermarkets have warned.
It comes after serious warning about food supply from supermarkets.
Brexit will increase deaths from heart disease by making fruit and veg more expensive, study warns
28/01/2019
Crashing out without a deal could contribute to an additional 12,400 cardiovascular deaths between 2021 and 2030, according to the research published in the journal BMJ Open on Monday.
US lobby groups for agriculture and pharmaceutical firms want UK standards changed to be closer to those of the US in a post-Brexit trade deal.
Industry faces "disaster" as only root vegetables may be on sale, and cost of ready meals could surge.