'Price of Brexit’: Shoppers face price hikes on ham, cheese and sausages

[pellinore]

Dozens of Continental delicacies from Spanish hams to Italian cheeses imported to Britain are set to face price rises and delays as a result of new post-Brexit border controls being introduced in the next fortnight, experts have warned.

More than 20 categories of foodstuffs originating from the European Union – ranging from salamis and sausages to oysters and eggs – will be subject to stringent new health documentation requirements from 31 January. The measures have been delayed five times since Brexit by ministers due to inflation fears.  

Trade organisations have told i there is a serious danger that companies on both sides of the Channel are ill-prepared for the new rules being imposed on a swathe of so-called “medium-risk” foods and plants entering Britain from the EU, worth an annual total of as much as £18bn.

‘Price of Brexit’: Shoppers face price hikes on artisan ham, cheese and sausages (msn.com)

Edited January 19 by pellinore