Seasonal Worker Taskforce Webinar and Toolkit Resources
IOM, FPC, Tyler Baldon and 3i Consulting delivered a successful UK roadshow between February and April 2025 on behalf of, and funded by, the Seasonal Worker Sch...
News & Views
Latest news and views across the fresh produce industry.
Common User Charge Update
The Northern Ireland, Biosecurity and Trade Programme have confirmed the following information on the Common User ChargeThe current CUC rates will remain unc...
EFRA Committee holds the final evidence session of its biosecurity at the border focus 6th May 2.30pm
Tuesday 6 May at 2.30pm, Committee Room 6, Palace of WestminsterWatch live on parliamentlive.tv The EFRA Committee holds the final evidence session of its b...
FPC KEEPS UP PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT OVER BORDER CHAOS AS JENNEY WARNS OF CONSUMER FALLOUT
The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) is doubling down on its campaign for urgent government action over post-Brexit border chaos, as Chief Executive Nigel Jenney ...
New Customs Authorisation and Technical Handbooks Published by HMRC
An authorisation for importing and exporting goods collection page has been created by HMRC: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/find-customs-authorisatio...
HMRC are keen to hear from all stakeholders - Survey request
The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete and they would be very grateful if you could take part. Your contribution will be entirely confidential. Yo...
Update to Phytosanitary Control Measures: onions
This update is due to the Department for Business and Trade correcting their dataset entry in respect of measure type 360 - Phytosanitary Certificate (import). ...
New arrangements now in effect for moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework - 1st May 2025
Traders need to be aware of new arrangements under the Windsor Framework, an agreement between the United Kingdom and European Union. The new arrangements for t...
Outdated EPPO codes in the Plant Health Export Service (PHES)
APHA have identified that there are a few EPPO codes in PHES that have been replaced or archived by EPPO services. Until these inactive codes are removed or upd...
FSA - Root cause analysis course for food businesses
The Food Standards Agency now has free online Root Cause Analysis Course for Food Businesses course will provide you with an understanding of the theory and pra...
Proposals for Fair Dealings Regulations in the Fresh Produce Sector - FEEDBACK REQUIRED
Following the launch of Fair Dealing Regulations being launched in other agri-food sectors, such as milk, Defra are looking to introduce similar regulations in ...
Precision Breeding Secondary legislation
On 25 February, the UK Government introduced secondary legislation into Parliament to fully implement the UK Government’s Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding...