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UK meat sector sustaining 'significant' financial losses by post-Brexit meat inspections

Trade sectors have warned that post-Brexit meat inspections on UK exports have become 'unsustainable'

Chris Brayford
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"SIVEP inspections have become a major challenge since Brexit, and unfortunately situations like this are a key reason why the number of British meat hauliers working in Europe has fallen so dramatically over the last few years."
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"SIVEP inspections have become a major challenge since Brexit, and unfortunately situations like this are a key reason why the number of British meat hauliers working in Europe has fallen so dramatically over the last few years."

British meat hauliers and farming businesses have expressed dismay over the unsustainable impact that post-Brexit inspections are having on the viability of UK exports. On Tuesday (December 9), haulage...

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