Over a week on from the end of the Brexit transition period some hauliers say they have faced long delays.

Amazon has stopped selling wines, beers and spirits to its customers in Northern Ireland as it wrestles with new customs rules post-Brexit.

For the past two years now, British poultry businesses that trade with the EU have faced a double standard.

Bloc leaders say UK must fully implement post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland.

Business chiefs say new red tape could reduce shelf life of fresh produce by one-fifth. / A group representing 30 major business bodies said the new requirement to notify the British authorities a day before European goods are sent would lead to big delays.

Export health certification cost over £26m from January to June this year, claims the food industry's sanitary & phytosanitary (SPS) certification working group, which wants food business operators to support e-certification trials.

Food businesses sending products to the EU have had to fork out an extra £170m in export costs because of Brexit red tape, with the changes described as being “catastrophic” for some exporters. / Data shows costs have contributed to value of meat exports falling by 17% since 2019.

New health certification requirements for food and drink exports to Britain have the potential to seriously disrupt trade across the Irish Sea.

A leading customs expert who predicted the truck driver shortage and issues causes by the sea border in the Irish Sea believe delayed bureaucratic customs laws will lead to meats, fruit and vegetables from the EU being too costly to import.

Giraffe Flowers in Manchester, northern England, is preparing for the annual Valentine's Day rush but florists fear that Brexit trade barriers will increasingly spell higher costs and delays for their business.

For anyone who thought Brexit was done in 2020, the early signs are that it will, once virus woes settle, become Boris Johnson’s biggest headache. Again.

Scotland’s rural affairs secretary hit out at the UK leaving the EU two years on from the finalisation of a deal to leave the bloc.

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.

The director general of the Chilled Food Association said health assessment forms stand to increase by one-third, and costs for companies are spiralling.

British Meat Processors Association takes aim at costs tied to Export Health Certificates.

From October, consignments carrying some meats, dairy and fish will require vet-signed export health certificates.

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.

The timetable for the major new controls that have already been imposed and those that have been delayed

It comes after the UK extended grace periods until October to avoid red tape for goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland.

Lorries carrying food to Northern Ireland’s supermarkets may need more than 100 health certificates under the UK-EU trade deal, a business chief has warned.

Salmon farmers in Scotland are calling for action to ease the burden of export paperwork following the UK’s exit from the European Union.

The UK food industry is warning that a deluge of new post-Brexit red tape which comes into effect today will increase export paperwork by a third and make some sales to Europe unviable.

Can someone tell the government Brexit has already happened? / The government has only now asked the Food Standards Agency to plan how it is going to protect public health and safety after Brexit – almost six months after the transition period for leaving the EU ended.

Another layer of Brexit red tape associated with the Northern Ireland Protocol has come into effect, with health certificates on Great British sausages and mince now required.

Export firms point to post-Brexit delays around health certificates, IT systems and missing customs papers.

We’re still only seeing the start of the changes Brexit will bring to the seafood industry (and, in truth, the entire food and beverage sector). In the coming years, there will be continual changes as we adjust our operating model and there’s no clear view on when it will settle down.

What has changed in the 31 days since the UK left and how has it impacted consumers and businesses?

At 23:00 on New Year's Eve a new EU trade border was effectively created in Northern Ireland's ports. / The first of these grace periods is set to expire at the end of March and businesses are already anxious about what comes next.

New border control checks on plant and animal imports from the UK began this week, requiring health certificates for some plant and animal products which could further increase business costs.

It is hard to dispute the idea that London did not prioritise finding a solution to the Brexit problems facing Northern Ireland, a former top Stormont civil servant has said.

The retailer held a meeting with its EU suppliers on Friday amid worries the stricter border controls will deeply affect its entire supply chain.

Supermarkets bringing meat products from Great Britain to Northern Ireland face new bureaucracy from Monday.

More than three quarters of small businesses that export to Europe say the EU trade deal has not helped them grow sales.

Post-Brexit controls on food, plant and animal imports to Britain from the EU have come into force.

UK meat exporters have claimed post-Brexit customs systems are "not fit for purpose", with goods delayed for hours, sometimes days, at the border.

The move has been dubbed "the most explicit acknowledgement by the UK government that Brexit trade barriers are inflationary."

Scotland’s salmon sector has expressed frustration over the "painfully slow" implementation of measures to smooth trade flow and open new markets since Brexit.

Shropshire Chamber of Commerce is calling for urgent action to improve trade connection with Europe, as the UK marks the second anniversary of Brexit.

It was billed as the rebirth of British business — a chance to build a brighter commercial future, free of costly bureaucracy. But Brexit is proving far from profitable for many UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

An article written by Peter Hardwick from the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) explains that the declining level of red meat exports between the UK and EU illustrates the new-found trade friction between the blocs.

Expense of fresh red tape on EU imports is simply ‘cost of doing business’, says Tory minister Andrea Leadsom.

Export health certificates on food from the EU will now only be needed from July 1 next year - instead of October 1 under previous plans - after a crisis of lost lorry drivers and empty shelves.

Sharp fall in qualified professionals needed to sign off health certificates for products going to EU.

British food exporters are set to be hit with millions of pounds of new costs due to new EU post-Brexit bureaucracy from next month.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed it will be engaging with abattoir owners to help ease the shortage of veterinarians.

The UK meat industry employs around 97,000 people and is worth an estimated £8.2 billion a year to the UK, including about £1.6 billion in exports. / This report examines the impact of the first three months of trading with the EU as a third country.

One port operator has had to demolish building work for new checks, while other crucial customs sites do not even have planning permission yet.

Grace periods for implementing post-Brexit checks on goods going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are at the centre of tensions between the EU and UK.

A NEAR-£200 fee is to be introduced for Pembrokeshire fishing businesses that wish to export food to Europe from county ports post-Brexit.

A brutal Financial Times investigation has unveiled the “all pain no gain” trading conditions many British businesses face post-Brexit.

Almost four years after Johnson promised the fishing merchant the French would be desperate to buy his fish, the business has seen sales plummet 30% and export costs rise by as much as £3,000 a week.