Prevent financial fraud against your farm business - Government Advice
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) are aware that some farmers have received emails, texts and...
News & Views
Latest news and views across the fresh produce industry.
NI PPP authorisations affected by upcoming EU MRL amendments
Check that your PPP authorisations in NI containing the active substances propamocarb and ethephon comply with the relevant EU maximum residue levels (MRLs). Th...
The Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme closes to English Producer Organisations on 31 December 2025.
The Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme will close to English Producer Organisations on 31 December 2025. As an EU legacy scheme, the RPA will no longer support the ...
New Export Health Certificate for High Risk Food and Feed Not of Animal Origin to the EU - 12th August 2025
The Commission has updated its model certificate for HRFNAO. Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 has been updated and this contains amendments to the model certificate as...
Using ICS2 for goods movements by road/rail from Great Britain to Northern Ireland – key update
As you may be aware, the system for submitting safety and security declarations, known as Entry Summary Declarations (ENS), for the movement of goods from Great...
Removal of prohibition on exports of Cornus alba, Cornus sanguinea, Sorbus aucuparia, Populus alba, Populus nigra, Populus tremula and Taxus baccata from the UK to the EU legislation published
The legislation to remove the prohibition on exports of Cornus alba, Cornus sanguinea, Sorbus aucuparia, Populus alba, Populus nigra, Populus tremula and Taxus ...
Priorities for a UK-EU SPS agreement - Call for Evidence
On 19 May 2025, leaders from the UK and EU met in London for the first formal bilateral meeting since the UK’s departure. In that meeting, both parties agreed t...
Shiga toxin-producing E Coli (STEC) data 2024 published
The UKHSA have published data related to Shiga toxin E. Coli for 2024. Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), also known as Vero cytotoxin-producing Esc...
Failure to Prevent Fraud - New Corporate Offence from 1st September 2025
A new corporate offence 'failure to prevent fraud', will come into force on 1 September 2025 under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act. This marks...
Farmer Opinion Tracker for England
The Farmer Opinion Tracker for England is now published with data from first run in September 2019 to date. The tracker provides a snapshot of views and opinio...
High Risk Not of Animal Origin (HRFNAO) under NIRMS - Change from 12 August 25
The EU has updated the list of high-risk food not of animal origin (HRFNAO) in Regulation 2019/1793. The changes apply from 12 August 2025. Under NIRMS, any go...
Plant Health Fee Increase Consultation Update
FPC continues to apply pressure for a decision regarding proposed Plant Health Fee increases following a consultation earlier in the year. The following respons...