EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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NurseHolliday in reply to @christianSpaceman

Yes I understand that, but the concept that there would be carnage at borders due to food coming into the country, seems to be overstated.

At the moment, food comes into the country fine because it's been produced in the EU and therefore conforms to EU regulations for food manufacturing.

If we leave the EU it doesn't stop us saying, "EU food can enter without checks".

That doesn't address the potential cost increase, but honestly, what is stopping us writing a law that comes into affect the day we BREXIT (if we do), that says anything that comes in from the EU conforms to our own standards?

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JWestland in reply to @NurseHolliday

Nothing.

But expect corners to be cut then, cos that's just how things roll, you can't assume that all EU vendors will be honest if there is no EU whip to keep them in line.

"hey people we are seeing weird stuff with some EU food"
"Talk to the hand, not our problem anymore"

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NurseHolliday in reply to @JWestland

So food manufacturers are going to go through the trouble of setting up a 2nd production line to produce food to a lower standard that they can get away with selling to the UK but not any EU countries?

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