Trade bodies say ongoing confusion about when checks will come in is ‘incredibly challenging’

Businesses have described Britain’s Brexit border plans as being in “complete disarray” after it emerged the introduction of some checks on EU imports will be delayed.

Post-Brexit border rules, due to come into force on 30 April, will require many meat, dairy and plant products from the EU to be physically checked at government border control posts (BCPs).

But trade bodies have said fresh confusion about when the checks would begin were “incredibly challenging” for business planning, while others said serious questions remained about the government’s readiness for the regime.

  • Knedliky@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    251·
    7 months ago

    Ehm, while I appreciate the sentiment (as a properly deputized representative for all Germans), it may be not for nothing that the saying about not wanting to know how the sausage is made comes from Germany. Meat and sausages are veeery cheap here and while labor exploitation is certainly a big ingredient, I often wonder what the others are.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      101·
      7 months ago

      Then maybe it should be inspected at every border? It seems like France doesn’t feel the need to physically check every meat truck coming from Germany.

    • mindlight@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      7 months ago

      That thing about sausage isn’t just Germany.

      No one wants to know what’s in the sausages…