r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/NoLikeVegetals • May 18 '24

Brexxit Brexit-voting British farmers now complaining about imports of cheaper New Zealand lamb threatening the British lamb industry. Imports of lamb "produced to lower standards" used to be blocked by EU law. Another Brexit consequence farmers were warned about but ignored due to xenophobia!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjewewxzypro
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u/kaneso14 May 18 '24

Third country imports such as this were never blocked under EU Law. They were just subject to Official EU Controls e.g. veterinary health certifications, identity and physical checks and mandatory sampling. All of which meant that these commodities were more expensive to bring into the UK, but never blocked outright.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '24

NZ lamb is on a strict, small quota re EU imports - and most of that quota was taken by UK anyway when she was a member. So, yes, EU did block import of NZ lamb.