Shipments to Europe ‘held up for hours because of wrong type of ink in stamp’ Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Shipments of goods from the UK to Europe have been held up for hours because of the type of ink used in a stamp, MSPs have been told. Ian McWatt of Food Standards Scotland (FSS) complained about the inconsistency with which new rules, brought in at the end of the Brexit transition period, are being applied. He said there was a “huge degree of inconsistency” in how border control posts in the Netherlands and France were treating consignments.