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UK food and drink supply chain outlines Brexit priorities

Chloe RyanBy Chloe RyanJuly 20, 20175 Mins Read
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In a joint letter, signatories from 26 representative bodies from across the UK food and drink supply chain have agreed 10 key priorities for the negotiations with the EU to protect the UK’s food security and our world leading food and farming sector. Our trading ties with the EU are deeply interwoven, as is the regulatory framework. Abrupt change would have enormous consequences for our industry, its employees and for the choice and availability of food in this country:

We write on behalf of the many thousands of businesses, large and small, responsible for producing, packaging, distributing, serving and selling food and drink. Food and drink is the UK’s largest manufacturing sector and the largest employer in the service sector.

Between us we employ four million people throughout the ‘farm to fork’ food chain and we do so in every constituency across the United Kingdom.

Feeding people well is a matter of national security and vital to the success of the UK economy. Since the vote to leave the European Union, we have worked with the UK Government to explain the policy outcomes we need in order to continue providing safe, affordable and nutritious food and drink to UK consumers.

UK food and farming is world leading. The products, services and brands we export around the globe showcase our reputation for quality and provenance. The opportunities for our industry are huge. But uncertainty around the shape of our exit from the EU, the future of our domestic farming and fisheries production, and a looming skills and workforce shortage threaten the viability of our businesses.

Our trading ties with the EU are deeply interwoven, in respect of both imports and exports. So too are the regulatory frameworks in which we operate. These complex relationships must be handled with patience and care. Abrupt change would have enormous consequences for our industry, its employees and for the choice and availability of food in this country.

We have come together from our diverse industries to agree 10 priorities for the negotiations. By working in partnership we can protect the UK’s food security and deliver the jobs and growth the UK needs to thrive.

We offer you our expertise to deliver these 10 key outcomes:

  1. Avoid any ‘cliff edge’ by securing an adequate interim and transitional period to help us prepare for a new relationship with the EU.
  2. Quickly negotiate the right to remain for our valued EU workforce and their families.
  3. Recognise the unique nature of our relationship with Ireland by agreeing a series of special solutions on workforce, regulation and borders.
  4. Deliver continued zero-tariff and frictionless trade across borders in both directions to give consumers the choice they expect, at a price they can afford.
  5. Maintain consumer confidence in UK food safety and authenticity through a stable, equivalent regulatory framework to ensure seamless trade.
  6. Work with us to develop home-grown talent and consult us fully over the needs of industry ahead of any new migration scheme.
  7. Support our ambition for an industrial strategy sector deal. to harness our industry’s growth potential and improve productivity.
  8. Turbocharge exports support to help smaller food and drink firms take advantage of new opportunities so that we can grow our share of global trade.
  9. Provide a competitive supply base and ensure reforms to UK farm support – and to fisheries management – take full account of the needs of the rural and coastal communities, planning and investment horizons.
  10. Maintain the UK as the destination of choice for multi-national food and drink firms and encourage inward investment to benefit our local communities.

We believe these are all deliverable by a Government and Parliament committed to securing the best possible outcome from Brexit. We urge you to work with us as the negotiations proceed.

Yours,

Ian Wright CBE
Director General
Food and Drink Federation

Nick Allen
Chief Executive
British Meat Processors Association

Michael Bell
Executive Director
Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association

Nick Bennett
Chair
Council for Responsible Nutrition UK

James Bielby
Chief Executive
Federation of Wholesale Distributors

Angela Bowden
Secretary General
Seed Crushers and Oil Processors Association

David Camp
Chief Executive
Association of Labour Providers

Simon Cripps
Chairman
Seasoning & Spice Association

Bill Gorman
Chairman
UK Tea and Infusions Association

Richard Griffiths
Chief Executive
British Poultry Council

Dr Sharon Hall
Director General
Potato Processors’ Association and the Snack, Nut and Crisp Manufacturers Association

John Hyman
Chief Executive
British Frozen Food Federation

Andrew Large
Director General
Confederation of Paper Industries

Ufi Ibrahim
Chief Executive
British Hospitality Association

Nigel Jenney
Chief Executive
Fresh Produce Consortium

Graham Keen
Executive Director
Health Food Manufacturers’ Association

Andrew Kuyk CBE
Director General
Provision Trade Federation

James Mathers
Chairman
British Oats and Barley Millers Association

Liz Murphy
Chief Executive
International Meat Processors Association

Kate Nicholls
Chief Executive
Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers

Declan O’Brien
Director General
British Specialist Nutrition Association

Gordon Polson
Director
Federation of Bakers

Dick Searle
Chief Executive
The Packaging Federation

Brigid Simmonds OBE
Chief Executive
British Beer & Pub Association

John Smith
Chief Executive
Proprietary Association of Great Britain

Fenella Tyler
Chief Executive
National Association of Cider Makers

Alexander Waugh
Director General
National Association of British and Irish Flour Millers

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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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