Britain rolls out Brexit checks on food imports from EU at Channel and North Sea ports

Importers have said they are also unclear over the role of a border control post some 20 miles inland from the port of Dover. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA
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SUBSCRIBEBritain implemented the latest phase of its roll-out of Brexit border checks on imports of food and agricultural goods from the EU yesterday — with the additional costs likely to be passed onto consumers in both Ireland and Britain.
The border checks apply to imports of food, agricultural, and other so-called phytosanitary products at British ports on the Channel and North Sea, and not at British ports on the Irish Sea, which the British government have delayed until a unspecified date next year.
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