Ashbury

In the build up to Brexit there were a lot of predictions about the issues that might cause problems to food businesses. Our food consultants in UK and EU have worked with many clients to navigate these problems, so, after six months it feels appropriate to have a quick look at the top 6 problems the industry has faced across the supply chain. 1. Northern Ireland Challenges Top of our list was the situation in Northern Ireland as the activity here distils many of the predicted issues. There was always going to be a need for border checks for certain foods entering the EU after transition, but Northern Ireland became a particularly stand out case owing to the complex and uncomfortable co-existence of regulatory regimes there. This led to the so-called ‘sausage war’ and the recent close avoidance of an EU ban on chilled meat shipments from Britain to Northern Ireland; A temporary fix based on the UK avoiding any regulatory divergence on food legislation during this time. Some retailers