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Publishing date: Apr 13, 2021  •  1 hour ago  •  4 minute read  •  Article content ROME/STOCKHOLM — Post-Brexit trade rules mean prosecco supplier Serena Wines 1881 must store bottles destined for Britain on costlier, fumigated pallets in their own corner of its warehouse in the northeast Italian town of Conegliano. The new shipment requirement is one example of the extra cost and complexity that firms across continental Europe face serving British customers since Jan. 1, addin...

Rome; and Stockholm Post-Brexit trade rules means High Quality Foods, a Rome-based food supplier to high-end outlets from artisanal bakers to West End eateries, struggles with documentation on specialty meat products like beef from Black Angus cattle crossed with an Italian breed. “There seems to be a trap in every corner,” lamented managing director Simone Cozzi, adding the company’s hygiene officer – a trained veterinarian – now needed to spend extra time with them when filling in t...