brexit - News - safefood Knowledge Network2024-03-29T01:42:27Zhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/brexitReduced EU contact continues for UK food microbiology labhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/reduced-eu-contact-continues-for-uk-food-microbiology-lab2023-09-05T14:06:25.000Z2023-09-05T14:06:25.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>The United Kingdom’s top food microbiology lab has continued to see a drop in communications with European counterparts after Brexit.</p>
<p>Findings come from a report covering work of the UK’s national reference laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology between April 2022 and March 2023.</p>
<p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) provides the service for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS). It covers Listeria monocytogenes, coagulase-positive staphylococci, E. coli, Campylobacter, Salmonella, and antimicrobial resistance.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/09/reduced-eu-contact-continues-for-uk-food-microbiology-lab/" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>UK pushes back border controls on EU goods againhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/uk-pushes-back-border-controls-on-eu-goods-again2023-08-31T13:24:34.000Z2023-08-31T13:24:34.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>The Government in the United Kingdom has confirmed a delay to import inspections until January next year.</p>
<p>Reports in early August suggested post-Brexit border controls were to be pushed back for the fifth time.</p>
<p>Sanitary and phytosanitary controls were delayed for three months and will now be introduced beginning Jan. 31, 2024. This includes health certification on imports of medium risk animal products, plants, plant products and high risk food and feed of non-animal origin from the EU.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/08/uk-pushes-back-border-controls-on-eu-goods-again/" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>UK scraps end-of-year deadline for all retained EU lawhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/uk-scraps-end-of-year-deadline-for-all-retained-eu-law2023-05-16T13:55:52.000Z2023-05-16T13:55:52.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>The Government in the United Kingdom has dropped plans to get rid of European laws by the end of 2023.</p>
<p>The Retained EU Law Bill (REUL) will be amended, removing a clause that would have scrapped any EU-derived laws that hadn’t already been replaced, repealed, or integrated into UK domestic law by December. </p>
<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/05/uk-scraps-end-of-year-deadline-for-all-retained-eu-law/" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>UK Government finally reveals system for post-Brexit Checkshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/uk-government-finally-reveals-system-for-post-brexit-checks2023-04-12T08:18:50.000Z2023-04-12T08:18:50.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>The Government in the United Kingdom has set out long-delayed plans on how checks on food imports will work.</p>
<p>The draft Border Target Operating Model was developed with the Scottish and Welsh Governments. A six-week consultation period is now open, with the final version being published later this year.</p>
<p>UK exporters to the European Union have faced checks since January 2021, after the UK left Europe.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/04/uk-government-finally-reveals-system-for-post-brexit-checks/" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>Impact of COVID-19 and Brexit on public analysts and food safety testing discussedhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/impact-of-covid-19-and-brexit-on-public-analysts-and-food-safety-2021-07-06T14:10:07.000Z2021-07-06T14:10:07.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>Public analyst laboratories are facing a number of challenges but there are also opportunities, according to the president of the Association of Public Analysts (APA) in the United Kingdom.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/07/impact-of-covid-19-and-brexit-on-public-analysts-and-food-safety-testing-discussed/?utm_source=Food+Safety+News&utm_campaign=23e45b4b5d-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f46cc10150-23e45b4b5d-40035759" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>Risk to UK has not risen but delay on EU food checks poses challenges – FSAhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/risk-to-uk-has-not-risen-but-delay-on-eu-food-checks-poses-challe2021-04-07T10:00:48.000Z2021-04-07T10:00:48.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>The overall risk to food safety has not increased as a result of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).</p>
<p>The authority officials also said the agency has not seen any evidence to suggest there is more of a risk from food crime or food fraud.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/04/risk-to-uk-has-not-risen-but-delay-on-eu-food-checks-poses-challenges-fsa/?utm_source=Food+Safety+News&utm_campaign=a29ccf0e50-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f46cc10150-a29ccf0e50-40035759" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>Brexit reality bites: The new dawn of trade frictionhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/brexit-reality-bites-the-new-dawn-of-trade-friction2021-01-12T14:19:42.000Z2021-01-12T14:19:42.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p>This week, as Brexit took effect, a company in Cork that sells sports posters to Europe and around the world ceased all direct online sales to the UK.</p>
<p>"There's no point having the hassle," said Wayne Mullins, a graphic designer who runs Kobe Designs. "I'll just not send to the UK. I'll keep selling to the [United] States and the rest of the world."</p>
<p>The UK market accounts for 50% of Mullins's sales. "It's a significant part of the business, but it's just not worth taking the risk for now," he said.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0108/1188595-tony-connelly-brexit/" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>As the clock ticks past the 11th hour, how secure is the UK food supply?https://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/as-the-clock-ticks-past-the-11th-hour-how-secure-is-the-uk-food-s2020-11-11T13:49:31.000Z2020-11-11T13:49:31.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>With Brexit on the horizon, Professor Chris Elliott questions the resilience of the UK’s food supply.</p>
<p>Very soon we will reach the 50-day countdown to the end of the Brexit transition period. Amidst all the other massive issues we face around COVID-19, it seems (to me, at least) that it’s not getting the media attention it warrants.</p>
<p>Frankly, we should all be deeply concerned on many fronts. However, for my article I will stick to the issues relating to the UK food supply.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/article/124355/uk-food-security/" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>UK to keep ban on chlorinated chicken after Brexithttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/uk-to-keep-ban-on-chlorinated-chicken-after-brexit2020-01-10T09:42:52.000Z2020-01-10T09:42:52.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p>Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of <a href="https://www.ft.com">FT.com</a> <a href="https://help.ft.com/help/legal-privacy/terms-conditions/">T&Cs</a> and <a href="https://help.ft.com/help/legal-privacy/copyright/copyright-policy/">Copyright Policy</a>. Email <a href="mailto:licensing@ft.com">licensing@ft.com</a> to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be <a href="https://www.ft.com/tour">found here</a>. <br /><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f2648e04-32fc-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2">https://www.ft.com/content/f2648e04-32fc-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2</a><br /><br /> Share on LinkedIn (opens new window) Save Laura Hughes in London YESTERDAYPrint this page42 The UK will continue to ban the import of both hormone-produced beef and chlorine-washed chicken from the US after Brexit, the environment secretary has said. Theresa Villiers said Britain would “hold the line” in US trade negotiationss even if the president, Donald Trump, calls on the UK to adopt its own regulatory standards.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f2648e04-32fc-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>Food allergens and ingredients labelling is the number one concern for Irish food businesses.https://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/food-allergens-and-ingredients-labelling-is-the-number-one-concer2019-07-31T09:05:23.000Z2019-07-31T09:05:23.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p>That is according to research from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).</p>
<p>It surveyed senior executives from a range of food businesses on their concerns about food safety and the food industry's current operating environment.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.newstalk.com/news/allergy-ingredients-labelling-number-one-concern-irish-food-businesses-888202" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>Pesticides and SIs: the devil in the detailhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/pesticides-and-sis-the-devil-in-the-detail2019-07-18T13:15:53.000Z2019-07-18T13:15:53.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p><em>In the latest blog in our Brexit Briefing Updates blog series, Josie Cohen and her colleagues at Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) revisit their briefing on ‘Brexit and pesticides: UK food and agriculture at a crossroads’. They warn that there are major concerns relating to the Statutory Instruments (SIs) on pesticides.</em></p>
<p>In February 2019, the government passed two new pesticide-related Statutory Instruments (SIs). SIs are a form of secondary legislation and the particular SIs in question are designed to ensure that EU laws still work properly when they are brought over into UK law. More than 600 SIs are required to ensure that, post-Brexit, UK regulations are still able to function properly..</p>
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<p><a href="https://foodresearch.org.uk/foodvoices/pesticides-sis-devil-detail/?utm_source=FRC+Subscribers+-+2018+GDPR&utm_campaign=5a86c0e647-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_01_11_13_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_10381f701a-5a86c0e647-515211837" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>Voices from the field: Can farmers champion health?https://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/voices-from-the-field-can-farmers-champion-health2019-07-17T08:38:14.000Z2019-07-17T08:38:14.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p><span>It seems self-evident that a primary objective of farming would be to support human health. Farmers’ choices about what they produce and the methods they use, and the policies that frame these decisions, have enormous potential either to improve or to undermine public health, with linked benefits (or costs) to both the environment and the wider economy. But human health is not prioritised in agriculture policy, either at present or in the policy that is proposed, at least for England, after the UK leaves the EU.</span></p>
<p><span><a href="https://foodresearch.org.uk/publications/voices-field-farmers-health/?utm_source=FRC+Subscribers+-+2018+GDPR&utm_campaign=392728f1ac-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_BeefHormones_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_10381f701a-392728f1ac-515211837" target="_blank">continue reading</a></span></p></div>UK Versus US: What’s The Deal With Chlorinated Chicken?https://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/uk-versus-us-what-s-the-deal-with-chlorinated-chicken2019-06-14T08:45:12.000Z2019-06-14T08:45:12.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p> During President Trump’s recent visit to Europe, he expressed his desire to start working towards a post-<a href="https://www.libertynation.com/brexit-betrayal-the-uk-in-another-fine-mess/" target="_blank">Brexit</a> trade deal with the U.K. While the reality of Britain’s continued entanglement with the European Union makes these plans seem far off in the future, this is not the first time the president has shown his eagerness to deepen the so-called Special Relationship. “I think everything with a trade deal is on the table,” he said after <a href="https://www.libertynation.com/president-trumps-uk-extravaganza-trade-and-tirade-day-3/" target="_blank">meeting</a> with British Prime Minister Theresa May on June 5. But it may surprise Trump, and many Americans, to find out that a stalled Brexit may not be the only thing holding back a U.K.-U.S. trade deal.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.libertynation.com/uk-versus-us-whats-the-deal-with-chlorinated-chicken/" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>No-deal Brexit to cost Scottish food industry £2bnhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/no-deal-brexit-to-cost-scottish-food-industry-2bn2019-01-17T15:43:42.000Z2019-01-17T15:43:42.000ZMichael Hillshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/MichaelHills<div><p>Scottish food bodies have joined forces to “implore” the Government to avoid a no-deal Brexit situation that could cost the industry over £2bn in lost sales a year.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2019/01/14/Scottish-food-industry-makes-Brexit-appeal" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>Bord Bia figures highlight how much Ireland's food producers rely on UK markethttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bord-bia-figures-highlight-how-much-ireland-s-food-producers-rely2019-01-11T15:30:00.000Z2019-01-11T15:30:00.000ZMichael Hillshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/MichaelHills<div><p>Irish food producers have become more reliant on Britain as a market despite a growing threat from Brexit, new figures show. While the value of Irish food and drink exports fell by 4% in 2018, the agri-food sector became more dependent on the UK market which accounted for €4.5 billion, an increase of 2% compared to 2017, a Bord Bia report shows.</p><p><a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/bord-bia-figures-highlight-how-much-irelands-food-producers-rely-on-uk-market-896587.html" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>Brexit: Farmers call for new law to guarantee food standardshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/brexit-farmers-call-for-new-law-to-guarantee-food-standards2019-01-03T14:16:13.000Z2019-01-03T14:16:13.000ZMichael Hillshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/MichaelHills<div><p class="story-body__introduction">Food standards must be protected after the UK leaves the EU, the farming industry has said.The National Farmers Union said it had heard enough "warm words" from ministers and action was needed now.</p><p class="story-body__introduction"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46746015#" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>No-deal Brexit plans increase risk of food fraud, admits top Defra officialhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/no-deal-brexit-plans-increase-risk-of-food-fraud-admits-top-defra2018-10-17T15:00:00.000Z2018-10-17T15:00:00.000ZMichael Hillshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/MichaelHills<div><p>Defra’s top official has admitted the department’s no-deal Brexit plans increase the risk of food fraud and smuggling. Clare Moriarty, Defra’s permanent secretary, made the extraordinary confession when giving evidence to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the department’s Brexit preparedness.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.fginsight.com/news/no-deal-brexit-plans-increase-risk-of-food-fraud-admits-top-defra-official-72715" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>Ex-PepsiCo & Asda exec appointed food supplies minister amid Brext fearshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/ex-pepsico-asda-exec-appointed-food-supplies-minister-amid-brext-2018-10-01T09:24:25.000Z2018-10-01T09:24:25.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p><span>The UK government has appointed David Rutley, who previously held senior executive positions at PepsiCo and Asda, minister to oversee and protect food supplies during Brexit amid fears of a no-deal scenario.</span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2018/09/27/Ex-PepsiCo-Asda-exec-appointed-food-supplies-minister-amid-Brext-fears" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></span></p></div>UK appoints food supplies minister amid fears of no-deal Brexithttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/uk-appoints-food-supplies-minister-amid-fears-of-no-deal-brexit2018-09-27T13:44:45.000Z2018-09-27T13:44:45.000ZMichael Hillshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/MichaelHills<div><p>The government has appointed a minister to oversee the protection of food supplies through the Brexit process amid rising concerns about the effect of a no-deal departure from the European Union.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/26/uk-appoints-food-supplies-minister-amid-fears-of-no-deal-brexit" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>