UK risking new diseases and unsafe food by delaying checks to avoid Brexit border chaos, experts warn
UK risking new diseases and unsafe food by delaying checks to avoid Brexit border chaos, experts warn Jon Stone © Provided by The Independent The government is risking new diseases and unsafe food coming to Britain by delaying the introduction of safety checks in a bid to avoid Brexit chaos, experts have warned. MPs on the Commons environment committee were told that "unscrupulous" criminal gangs had their eyes on the UK's lax controls, drawn by making "considerable" amounts of easy money. The government announced earlier this month that it would delay food safety checks by ...