A variety of vegetables and fruits imported from outside the EU could become more expensive in the UK, following UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's pledge to align the country with the EU's food and drink import regulations.
This could impact fruits such as pineapples, avocados, oranges and mangoes, as well as more regularly used items such as tomatoes. According to the Fresh Produce Consortium, only 5% of fresh food products on average are inspected currently.
At the moment, EU import checks are more rigorous than those already in place in the UK. This means that the UK may soon have to deal with more border red tape, which could in turn result in price hikes for these food items.
Nigel Jenney, the chief executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium, said, as reported by The Telegraph: "Whilst we have resolved the EU border position, we have moved the problem and the cost to non-EU goods. What we have saved on one hand, we have lost on the other.
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