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    Poultry meat producers cannot afford border delays, after Michael Gove letter reveals worst case scenario

    Chloe RyanBy Chloe RyanSeptember 24, 20204 Mins Read
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    In response to the letter from Michael Gove to trade bodies, the British Poultry Council has warned that British poultry meat producers cannot afford to face border delays on day one.

    With less than 100 days until Britain leaves the single market and customs union, the British poultry meat industry that is heavily reliant on ‘just-in-time’ trade with the EU is seriously concerned about urgent business critical issues that Government has failed to answer.

    In a leaked letter, Gove told trade bodies that queues of up to 7,000 lorries in a worst case scenario after the Brexit transition period ends.

    The transition period  expires at the end of the year. In the letter Gove says between 30-50% of trucks crossing the Channel will not be ready and a “lack of capacity to hold unready trucks at French ports” could reduce the flow of traffic to 60-80% of normal levels.

    “This could lead to maximum queues of 7,000 port bound trucks in Kent and associated maximum delays of up to two days,” the document says.

    British Poultry Council, Chief Executive, Richard Griffiths, said:  “British poultry meat producers cannot be ready for the end of the transition period while Government is failing to answer fundamental questions on the detail of trade. We simply have not been told what the right paperwork is or some of the detail of what it should contain. To avoid any disruption at the borders we urgently need answers from Government on the scenario that we should be preparing for. Taking back control should not mean penalising British producers and undermine our national food security.

    “We are extremely concerned about the current lack of clarity with regards to the structure of our future trading arrangement with the EU – we must know if we are working towards a free trade agreement, or one based on WTO terms. Businesses cannot proceed while uncertainty about our direction of travel continues, and we foresee huge disruption at our borders particularly in the movement of food.

    “While we welcome the prioritisation of our high-value breeding stock such as day-old chicks, we remain seriously concerned about the lack of prioritisation of other highly perishable products including fresh poultry meat and hatching eggs. We want to work closely with the Government over the coming months ​to ensure poultry meat businesses have got all the answers they need to be fully prepared for the changes ahead​.”

    Business critical issues that require urgent answers from the Government:

    The imposition of veterinary and documentary checks and physical inspections on large volumes of fresh/chilled poultry meat must be kept to a minimum to facilitate trade and minimise compliance costs.

    Urgent clarification is needed on the ID mark for Northern Ireland so that businesses can be ready to use the new mark on 1st January 2021 and buy packaging with long lead in times.

    In addition to using up old stocks of packaging, businesses must also be able to place on the GB market goods held in cold storage at the end of the transition period carrying the UK/EC ID mark for a period 21 months.

    Businesses in NI must have the similar 21-month transition period to use up existing packaging and also place on the market goods held in cold storage at the end of the transition period or they will be at a huge disadvantage.

    Businesses need urgent clarity on the definition of ‘goods placed on the market’.

    Exporters must be able to export products of animal origin held in cold storage and not dispatched bearing the UK/EC ID mark to non-EU countries for a period of time at the end of the transition period.  It is common practice for exporters to accumulate products for export so not being able to export these products would have a huge impact on businesses as there’s no market in the UK for them.

    Businesses need urgent clarity on procedure for moving live poultry and products of animal origin between GB and NI.

    The UK must have third country approval and plant listings for export to the EU in place by October.

    The UK must communicate and agree changes on certification for certain non-EU countries and ID mark arrangements with all non-EU countries.

    Export health certificates for exports of chilled meat preparations, minced meat and of poultry meat MSM must be made available to continue trade with the EU.

    The UK must have access to sufficient veterinary resources for the increased certification requirements and checks on imports.

    Businesses need clarity on the required certificates for import from the EU and the rest of the world.

    A workable export facilitation scheme must be devised to allows groupage and mixed loads to be sent to the EU and NI. UK businesses must have advanced knowledge of the details to adapt accordingly.

     

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    Chloe Ryan

    Editor of Poultry Business, Chloe has spent the past decade writing about the food industry from farming, through manufacturing, retail and foodservice. When not working, dog walking and reading biographies are her favourite hobbies.

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