The requirement will be applied to more U.K. food products from July 2025 | Tolga Afmen/AFP via Getty Images LONDON — When Rishi Sunak signed his new Brexit deal in February, he boasted that it would deliver “smooth flowing trade within the whole United Kingdom.” But just two months after the Windsor Framework came into effect, it’s having huge unintended consequences for a key export sector, with hundreds of millions of pounds in trade now at risk. Since October this year, all meat and some dairy products moving from Great Britain to be sold in Northern Ireland — a part of the U.K. — have been required to carry “not for EU” labels. It’s meant to ensure goods aren’t moved onward into the Republic of Ireland, an EU member country. But the British government is going further. You may like How the world gets Universal Health Coverage back on track By Joanna Sickler, VP and head of health policy and external affairs, Roche Diagnostics; Tamara Schudel, VP and head of global policy, Roche Pharmaceuticals Commission’s patents proposal doesn’t have to be so damaging By Kerry Miller, head of digital IP advocacy, Nokia From October 2024, all meat and dairy products sold right across the U.K. will also have to include the labels — even if there is no intention to ever send the products to Northern Ireland. The requirement will be applied to more U.K. food products from July 2025. And it applies whether the food is produced in the U.K. or imported. Businesses say the plans for a U.K.-wide rollout go way beyond Brussels’ requirements as set out in the Windsor Framework — and, crucially, could see EU exports plummet because of the costs and inefficiency of doing separate production runs for British and European markets. Sean Ramsden, […]
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