‘Keep current EU plant rules in place,’ urge UK growers
British fruit growers are urging the government to keep in place current post-Brexit checks for imported plants from the EU, and not implement planned new border controls from April.
Under current rules – in place for the last five years since the UK left the EU – imported plants are held at UK nurseries and farms in controlled conditions, and only those identified as high-risk

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