Post-Brexit border checks could push up produce prices, warns FPC

The UK government’s post-Brexit border strategy risks further pushing up food prices, according to the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC).

The industry body that represents 70 per cent of the UK fresh produce supply chain has written to government ministers to share its members’ concerns that they will not be able to absorb the extra cost of charges levied for import checks on

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