Safety & Security Partnership Pack
As you will be aware, the end of the waiver on Safety and Security declarations is fast approaching, with all EU imports into Great Britain requiring a Safety a...
News & Views
Latest news and views across the fresh produce industry.
Legislation extending easements on checks of imports of organic goods from EU, EEA and Switzerland and marketing standards import certifications
Defra has now laid the legislation to extend existing statutory derogations from 1 February 2025 to 1 February 2027 on the following import certification requ...
Neonicotinoids - Future Restrictions
The Government has set out its next steps, including identifying legislative options that would legally prevent the future use of three specific neonicotinoids ...
Govt commit £15m to farm surplus redistribution
A new £15 million government scheme will provide grants to the not-for-profit food redistribution sector to strengthen links between farms and charities. The fu...
NCTS5 - What is Going to Change from 21st January 2025? Updates and Useful Information
The New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) is a Europe wide online system for submitting transit declarations and notifications to HMRC. If you’re a UK trader, ...
Changes to Plant health legislation from 30 Jan 2025
The GB Plant Health Service have introduced legislation here that will come into force from 30 January 2025. Risk assessments are a dynamic process, so all comm...
EU Legislative NIRMS update of 'Rest of World' Commodities EU Reg 2024/3163
There has been an update to the list of 'rest-of-world' commodities that can enter into Northern Ireland from the UK. This is outlined in COMMISSION IMPLEMENTIN...
Translated Support for Safety & Security Declarations Requirements
If you import goods from the EU to Great Britain, from 31 January 2025 you will need to submit a safety and security declaration. What you can do now businesses...
Changes to EU Export Additional Declarations for Plants for Planting from 6 July 2026
From 6 July 2026 onwards, non-EU trading partners are requested to specify in full wording under the heading ´Additional Declaration´ of the phytosanitary certi...
Biosecurity at the border - EFRA Call For Evidence due 29 Jan 2025
There is a call for evidence to examine animal and plant biosecurity measures for personal and commercial imports to the UK. The Committee will examine both the...
Implementation of NCTS5 Final State rules and downtime
The transition from NCTS5 Transitional State to NCTS5 Final State, in Northern Ireland (NI) and Great Britain (GB), will take place on 21 January 2025.Some pr...
Holyhead Port Update
Update: Please note the additional GVMS route that should be used for a temporary Dublin-Pembroke journey commencing on 6th January. Following weather damage ca...