UK meat businesses are considering setting up an EU base to bypass export problems, as meat processors continue to struggle to ship product to the continent, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) claims.
Seafood firms could be left ineligible for £23m of Government support to help alleviate pressure caused by export delays, according to Seafood Scotland.
The warehousing and logistics sector could soon face a ‘perfect storm’ of challenges in the next few months irrespective of Brexit, according to Schoeller Allibert UK.
MPs have pressed food and farming minister George Eustice for details on Government aid for meat and seafood firms hit by Brexit-related border delays and launched an urgent inquiry into their impact.
Food and drink businesses in Scotland can now benefit from a training initiative to help fuel growth in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit.
Siemens Digital Logistics development consultant Phil Lavin and Digital Industries head of food and beverage Keith Thornhill discuss how automation technologies can be used to compensate for the delays caused by our ‘cliff-edge’ Brexit.
The Scottish seafood sector hits ‘rock bottom’ as continued delays at the ports, technology failure and an increase in bureaucracy threaten to make British export undesirable to EU customers.
The biggest challenges the food industry currently faces from Brexit include delays caused by the 'impenetrability of paperwork', the shortage of vets and customs officials and dealing with the island of Ireland.
UK seafood producers are being priced out of export markets by European competition, following continued delays at EU ports and poor preparation from Government, according to Scottish food trade bodies.
Post-Brexit disruption over paperwork and procedure is hitting supplies to Northern Ireland as well as seafood exports, with the Scottish industry saying it faces a perfect storm that could cripple its international trade.
Trade organisation Logistics UK has urged the government to review traffic and welfare management for HGV drivers following border chaos over Christmas.
A trade deal has been agreed with the EU that sees the UK granted ‘third country’ listing status for exports of meat, dairy and other products of animal origin.
Food and drink industry representatives have urged the Government to launch an inquiry into continued Brexit-related disruption at UK ports as costs mount on manufacturers already negatively hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Almost half (45%) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are still figuring out scenario plans relating to Brexit, according to a new report from global standards provider GS1 UK.
The volatility in supply and demand that characterised 2020 shows no signs of abating, driven by the continued uncertainty of COVID-19 and our messy divorce from the EU.
The red meat industry will be faced with inevitable and permanent change whatever the outcome of any Brexit negotiations, warned Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).
UK manufacturers have slashed their forecasts for growth next year amid fears of a no-deal Brexit, as food and drink output drops in 2020, according to Make UK.
The EU’s recognition of the UK’s organic control bodies has brought welcome relief for producers, but experts have warned uncertainties remain for the future of trade with the single market post 2021.
Trade volume to the EU will drop by up to 75% if more official veterinarians are not hired before the end of the Brexit transition period, according to the heads of the UK’s food and logistics trade unions.
Details of an approved Border Control Post (BCP) at Spalding – furthering Government plans for ten such inland sites to support post-Brexit food import checks – have been revealed by perishable cargo specialist PML.
Ireland’s agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue has raised concerns over the processed meat trade between Northern Ireland (NI) and the UK, after the UK Government proposed a two-way ban.
'Serious concerns' about UK nutrition laws post-Brexit have been raised by a House of Lords committee in a letter addressed to minister of health Edward Argar.
Farmers have welcomed the Agriculture Bill passing into UK law, gaining Royal Assent after more than 100 hours of debate in parliament, claiming the Government has listened to food standards concerns.
A long list of questions about exports to the EU from 1 January 2021 remain unanswered, according to producer body the National Pig Association (NPA), which is calling for 'more urgency' from Government.
Food industry environmental initiatives are being hampered by the financial impact of COVID-19 and uncertainties surrounding the UK's relationship with the EU after the Brexit transition period, according to an industry survey.
Widespread disruption will occur at the end of the Brexit transition period, despite Government work to overhaul systems, infrastructure and resources, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).
Trade bodies have cautiously welcomed the Government’s decision that the existence of the Trade and Agriculture Commission will continue, but have stressed industry involvement is needed in any future trade deals.
Clarity on how fruit, vegetable and flower suppliers will be able to recruit seasonal workers for picking next year has been called for urgently by the National Farmers Union (NFU).
A total of 39 trade body representatives have warned many of Great Britain’s food firms plan to stop trading with Northern Ireland (NI) due to the cost of rules and regulations post-Brexit.
Processors including Rodda's Creamery and Anglesey Sea Salt have welcomed the British Geographical Indications (GI) scheme launched by the Government to help safeguard provenance and replace the EU system post-Brexit.
Pilgrim’s Pride head of sustainability Matt Dight told Food Manufacture about the role COVID-19, Brexit and packaging will play in the future of the meat processor’s sustainability plans.
The Government has outlined actions that will need to be implemented by businesses before 2021, whether the UK ends up with a Canadian or Australian style deal with the EU.
A no-deal Brexit will be bad for food security, bad for business and bad for consumers, according to trade bodies commenting on the Prime Minister’s warning to UK businesses today (16 October).
Trade unions have united to urge the Government to do ‘whatever it takes’ to secure a trade deal with the EU to save jobs and prevent a schism along the Irish border.
Farmers have expressed 'bitter disappointment' at the Government's refusal to back House of Lords amendments to the Agriculture Bill committing UK trade deals to high food standards and independent scrutiny.
The Government stands accused of being unprepared for Brexit and a second wave of the novel coronavirus by a parliamentary committee report as new lockdown regulations threaten to force suppliers to cease operations.
Government plans for up to ten additional inland border sites to cope with Brexit congestion and border checks are ‘extremely last-minute and desperate’, according to supply and logistics specialist Scala.
As Brexit uncertainty casts 'a long shadow over supply chain planning' in the words of consultancy SCALA, Food Manufacture presents a webinar on 20 October to help food processors face future disruption.
Meat and dairy exports to the EU remain threatened by the lack of vets needed to implement food safety checks and sign export health certificates (EHCs), claims the British Veterinary Association (BVA).
The food industry urgently needs access to affordable migrant labour post-Brexit and the Government must step in to help, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
