NI ‘faces same number of agri-food checks as entire EU when grace period ends’

Lorries driving off the European Highlander P&O ferry at the Port of Larne. Picture date: Monday February 15, 2021.

Northern Ireland could soon be required to conduct the same number of agri-food checks as the EU currently does as a whole, the region’s chief vet has said.

Dr Robert Huey outlined the scale of the Irish Sea trade bureaucracy the region would face when a Northern Ireland Protocol grace period limiting red tape on moving GB supermarket goods into the region expires.