Irish food exports face major Brexit test next month, expert warns

Freight at the port in Holyhead in Wales. Food products will require to be pre-registered on computer databases.

The Irish agri-food industry faces the first wave of new Brexit rules as all food exports to the key British market will be documented before embarkation at British ports next month, and with checks at border posts still slated from April, a leading expert has warned. 

Aidan Flynn, chief executive at business group, Freight Transport Association Ireland, whose members are at the front line of the long-delayed Brexit rules, said the risks for things to go wrong with supply chains and for food suppliers selling across the Irish Sea, have risen significantly.