Cleverly: ‘No interruption to the supply of food to the shelves’ from new Brexit checks
There will be “no interruption to the supply of food to the shelves” due to new Brexit checks coming into force, a government minister has insisted.
There will be “no interruption to the supply of food to the shelves” due to new Brexit checks coming into force, a government minister has insisted.
James Cleverly attempted to minimise fears over the long-delayed border target operating model being introduced today, following the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) following the 2016 Brexit vote.
Products such as food and drink coming from the EU will undergo health checks but there are fears over “potentially serious biosecurity risks”.
Speaking in Paris, the home secretary said: “The UK has always been a consumer of international products and unsurprisingly French products are very, very popular in the UK.
