Local food businesses to hear how the government’s upcoming SPS agreement with the EU will benefit industry and consumers.
Deal will save businesses time and money by cutting red tape and speeding up trade as part of the government’s Plan for Change.
Trade with the UK’s biggest market will be faster, easier and cheaper, adding £5.1bn a year to the UK economy.
Major food businesses will discuss the government’s new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU that will cut costs, slash red tape and support their profits, with the food security minister Daniel Zeichner.
Benefits include the scrapping of most routine border checks on food and agricultural products moving between the UK and EU, allowing faster trade across the UK and EU border, with less paperwork and at lower co