ANGLERS planning a fishing trip to a European country may be prohibited from taking their own bait under new EU-UK trade agreement guidelines.

Exporters forced to fill in 48 million customs declarations and 140,000 health certificates over eight-month period.

Great British sausages and mince will now require health certificates for exports to Northern Ireland in the latest example of Brexit red tape.

British companies have filled in 48 million customs declarations and 140,000 export health certificates since Britain left the EU.

Imports of chilled and frozen meat and fish, cheese and dairy products, and five common varieties of cut flowers will require an export health certificate, signed off by a European vet or plant inspector, before they can enter the UK.

A UK exporter of brownies and cakes has seen Brexit-related costs drop “significantly” after replacing animal-derived ingredients with vegan alternatives.

Many foods that contain ingredients derived from animals, such as dairy products, will need an Export Health Certificate.

The reformulated treats no longer require an export health certificate or veterinary inspection now that they contain vegetable oils in lieu of butter.

A cheese-maker from Cheshire says the post-Brexit trade deal with the UK has led to him losing hundreds of thousands of pounds-worth of business.

Dairy firms trading their products with the EU are required to complete export health certificates that can cost around £200 to £300 per load.

Simon Spurrell says his firm lost 20% of sales and will switch £1m investment to France.

Simon Spurrell told Cheshire Live his business lost £250,000 as a direct result of Brexit.

'Patience is wearing thin' with the UK on the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol, the European Commission's vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, has warned, adding the EU could retaliate by suspending some cooperation and imposing tariffs.

Lord Frost, Boris Johnson’s Brexit minister, is reportedly considering allowing “lighter touch” controls on imports from 1 April.

The price of many fruits and vegetables on sale in the UK is predicted to rise again when new post-Brexit import controls are introduced later this year.

A show jumping trainer has said that Brexit has stopped her taking horses to Europe to compete in events.

An English company that has long been selling its wax-coated mini barrels of cheese directly to European consumers says it can no longer do so because of Brexit, pushing it to consider new investment in France.

Marks & Spencer has warned that up to 15% of its food product lines could be unavailable in its Northern Ireland shops in January.

EU and UK locked in talks about food safety.

The NI agriculture minister has asked his counterparts in London and Dublin to take a joint approach to post-Brexit problems in the horticulture sector.

A trial system designed to limit post-Brexit paperwork for fish exporters has been halted in a blow to Scotland’s salmon industry. / The digitisation of paper health certificates required for all fish and chilled food being exported to Europe was intended to save traders time as well as up to £3 milllion on paperwork.

Scotland’s farm-raised salmon is renowned across the globe and here at home for being one of the most nutritious and sustainable products we can eat.

Seafood exporters have claimed post-Brexit customs arrangements are causing delays as "entire trailers" need to be checked rather than samples.

Exports of Scottish seafood from smaller companies are to be halted for a further five days by the transport company that handles most of the trade.

Bridge Cheese founder Michael Harte shares his experiences of importing and exporting goods under the new EU trade agreement and looks at how the industry is having to adapt to the changing rules and regulations.

Co-founder of Cheshire Cheese Company told by environment minister to look at US and Canada markets rather than EU.

Dairy shipments collapse by as much as 96 per cent. Experts say extra red tape and delays are to blame.

Back in those pre-war, pre-Covid and pre-permacrisis halcyon days of early 2020, the world was the UK food sector’s oyster in terms of post-Brexit trading opportunities.