Starmer lifts Brexit red tape on certain imports from next month
Brexit border checks on fruit and vegetable imports from EU scrapped
- The UK government will scrap planned border checks on Fruit and Vegetable imports from the EU, preventing the measures from taking effect on July 1.
- The decision, attributed to what the government calls Sir Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal, is expected to save businesses approximately £200 million in additional supply chain costs.
- The new SPS (sanitary and phytosanitary) deal with the EU will eliminate routine border checks for food exports and imports on certain products.
- Impending checks on “medium-risk” Fruit and vegetables, such as tomatoes, grapes, plums, cherries, peaches and peppers, will now not be introduced.
- Biosecurity minister Baroness Hayman said the Government’s EU deal will make food cheaper, slash bureaucracy and remove cumbersome border controls for businesses.