UK faces ‘significant risks’ to quality of food imported post-Brexit, says report

Better controls on EU goods needed as impact of Covid and Russia-Ukraine war also put pressure on standards

The UK is facing significant risks" to the quality of food being imported and consumed as Brexit, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war put pressure on standards, British watchdogs have warned.

Better controls are needed to ensure the quality of higher-risk" food coming from the EU post-Brexit - such as meat, dairy, eggs and feed - and to avoid potential safety incidents", a report by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) said.