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Gov delays EU fruit and veg import checks until 2027

Move means July 1 border measures will not be required ahead of a new SPS agreement with Europe

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Checks on medium-risk fruit and vegetables imported from the EU will not be required under new rules
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Checks on medium-risk fruit and vegetables imported from the EU will not be required under new rules

Border checks on fruit and vegetables imported from the European Union are to be scrapped in an early move to ease trade ahead of its new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal with the EU. Defra...

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