The British meat industry faces a long-running problem of skilled staff shortages which has been exacerbated by recent Government decisions.

The latest opinion piece from the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) notes postponing import checks from the EU leaves UK meat exporters at a significant disadvantage.

Tony Hale has five containers of pork sitting at Rotterdam port that is now "rotten".

Food producers and road hauliers have warned the government that the supply of food and drink to supermarkets is “failing” due to a chronic shortage of HGV drivers.

‘There’s nowhere for the pigs to go and it could trigger the worst case scenario, where they are put down on the farm and taken away.’

Additional paperwork and certification have cost the UK meat industry up to £120 million since the end of the transition period, a new report states.

For the past two years now, British poultry businesses that trade with the EU have faced a double standard.

The BMPA claims the UK Government has made it “doubly difficult” to recruit new butchers as a result of Brexit and a lack of funding for education courses.

Fruit and veg supply could be ‘in trouble’, says NFU – citing added costs of Brexit and Ukraine war.

New Brexit checks introduced in January are continuing to restrict trade between the UK and EU, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics.

Business chiefs say new red tape could reduce shelf life of fresh produce by one-fifth. / A group representing 30 major business bodies said the new requirement to notify the British authorities a day before European goods are sent would lead to big delays.

UK meat exporters could permanently lose half their trade due to Brexit, according to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).

UK meat exporters could permanently lose half their trade due to Brexit, according to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).

Food businesses sending products to the EU have had to fork out an extra £170m in export costs because of Brexit red tape, with the changes described as being “catastrophic” for some exporters. / Data shows costs have contributed to value of meat exports falling by 17% since 2019.

One Yorkshire farmer culled hundreds of piglets because of a processing backlog at local slaughterhouses.

Fears of new disruption to fresh produce supply from EU when import controls hit in October.

BREXIT is set to cost the UK between £2 and £4 billion in lost food exports across its first full year out of the European Union.

Business chiefs and economists say huge disruption lies ahead if Downing Street triggers Article 16.

The British Meat Processors Association has published a Brexit Impact Report which draws on the experiences of meat exporters to date and says problems with new rules at the border are not going away and predicts a permanent reduction in trade.

New Impact Report from the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) reveals the real cost of Brexit to the UK meat industry.

The 730 redundancies at a chicken processing plant could be the “first of many” such blows to the Welsh economy the Leader of Anglesey County Council has warned.

UK hauliers of perishable goods are wanting to be prioritised at the port crossing into Europe, complaining that long wait times are causing products to go bad.

This week's Brexit downsides: half a billion in extra costs to import food, the collapse of trade talks with Canada and more.

Proposed procedures for importing and exporting of goods are “convoluted, expensive and will seriously hamper trade with other countries”, says BMPA.

Extra import controls will be ‘impossible’ for small businesses, says food industry chief.

Imports of chilled and frozen meat and fish, cheese and dairy products, and five common varieties of cut flowers will require an export health certificate, signed off by a European vet or plant inspector, before they can enter the UK.

Britain’s meat industry could permanently lost up to half of its exports because of “mountains” of Brexit red tape, a leading trade body has warned.

Weaknesses in the current export system and “mountains” of red tape due to Brexit could lead to a potential permanent loss of trade of between 20% and 50% for British meat companies, an industry body has warned.

British meat processors are registering businesses in the European Union in order to bypass post-Brexit export delays, with flows just 50% of normal levels and costs soaring, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said on Tuesday.

British meat processors are registering businesses in the European Union in order to bypass post-Brexit export delays, with flows just 50% of normal levels and costs soaring, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said on Tuesday.

British Meat Processors Association takes aim at costs tied to Export Health Certificates.

‘Like a ghost town’: Food boss laments collapse in trade at fish market as exports to EU face barriers.

The acute labor shortage because of self isolation is masking the systemic challenge for businesses struggling to recruit after Brexit.

The food industry is predicting a nightmare for British customers, with price rises and empty shelves caused by Brexit.

More food items are likely to disappear from supermarket shelves as companies struggle to fill roles after lockdown.

Some food supply companies are turning to prisoners on day release to fill the gaps in their workforce.

Food industry trade bodies are discussing whether to take legal action against the government over post-Brexit plans that will require all meat and dairy products sold in the UK to be labelled as “not for EU”.

Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) members from Montgomeryshire, as well as the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), have met with local MP Craig Williams to discuss the impact Brexit is having on meat exports and highlighted the need to address non-tariff barriers that are causing major problems for exporters.

Shortage caused by Brexit and the pandemic, Road Haulage Association says.

Great Britain’s beef producers export to Ireland before reimporting, while pork processors consider the Netherlands.

UK meat businesses are considering setting up an EU base to bypass export problems, as meat processors continue to struggle to ship product to the continent, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) claims.

The UK faces shortages of British-produced meat as problems with recruitment continue, the industry has warned.

British cattle farmers are sending supplies to Ireland to be carved into cuts, according to the chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), before being brought back to the UK for consumption.

Could take ‘decades’ to shift away from reliance on overseas staff, say food sector leaders attending Downing Street summit.

“The Netherlands is a great place to set up a business. They are ready to help and they sit next to so many key markets," one business owner said.

Thousands of healthy pigs may be culled if the government does not step in and tackle labour shortages at Britain’s slaughterhouses and processing plants, meat producers have warned. / It could result in perfectly good meat going to waste, says National Pig Association.

EU said agreement on common rules ‘on the table’ - but UK would probably have to drop prized right to diverge

Post-Brexit controls on food, plant and animal imports to Britain from the EU have come into force.

New barriers to the UK's trade with the European Union are set to cost British meat businesses an extra £120m a year and result in some traders losing 50% of their exports to the continent, a leading industry body has warned.

January has seen Brexit set in motion for real — but for many businesses, operations have ground to a standstill as they struggle to shift goods across new borders.

Charlie McConalogue says trade between Ireland and UK will be difficult without deal.

The UK's famous sausages, from Cumberland to Lincolnshire, stand to suffer if the government doesn't act.

Shortages are the only thing we don't seem to be running out of in the UK right now.

Critical industry leaders have accused Home Secretary Suella Braverman of being disconnected from the realities facing short staffed sectors after she claimed that there is "no good reason" why more British people can't be trained to take up jobs as butchers and fruit pickers.

An article written by Peter Hardwick from the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) explains that the declining level of red meat exports between the UK and EU illustrates the new-found trade friction between the blocs.

UK meat exporters have warned the government that post-Brexit changes at the border have caused disruption to meat shipments crossing the channel.

Industry bosses call for measures to bring back Eastern European drivers after Covid and Brexit worsen a long-running shortage.

Loss of 100,000 hauliers due to Covid and Brexit will cause food ‘rolling power cuts’, experts warn

A food manufacturer dubbed ‘the chicken king’ has warned Covid-19 and Brexit could result in the worst food shortages since the war.

Helen Browning’s Organic says it is switching to Danish suppliers owing to bureaucracy, delays and costs

Sharp fall in qualified professionals needed to sign off health certificates for products going to EU.

Staff shortages see carcasses exported for processing and then reimported.

Industry chiefs urge government to forge standards deal with EU to ease ‘enormous’ trade friction.

The UK meat industry employs around 97,000 people and is worth an estimated £8.2 billion a year to the UK, including about £1.6 billion in exports. / This report examines the impact of the first three months of trading with the EU as a third country.

The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), which represents businesses in the UK meat sector, has reported on its members' experiences under post-Brexit trading rules.

One port operator has had to demolish building work for new checks, while other crucial customs sites do not even have planning permission yet.

The British Meat Processors Association and the British Poultry Council are demanding urgent action from ministers to protect food supplies as the festive favourite is put at risk

Food body warns of ‘post-Brexit perception problem’ over recurring traffic gridlock.

Stephen Delahunty explores how Britain’s departure from the EU is increasing the demand for vets, while their numbers fall

New post-Brexit border paperwork coming into force in July is expected to cost UK food companies millions of pounds, according to a trade body.

Nimisha Raja did all she could to prepare her business for 1 January but the upheaval is already taking its toll.