Threat to price of bread downplayed as Coveney warns of Rules of Origin food issues

Exports from the UK to the EU are tariff-free, but only if 15% or less of the wheat from which the flour is made is not of UK or EU origin 

The UK flour milling industry has been advised by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) that traders examine their eligibility under the TCA, before exporting. File Picture

Fears that Brexit would push up the price of bread in Ireland have receded.

Analysis of the complex Brexit rules has indicated it would be an issue only if the UK and EU wheat crops are so poor that more than 15% of Canadian wheat would have to be included in flour sent from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, and then exported south across the border for bread making.