Now officials pounce on our muesli at EU port

HEAVY-HAndEd EU customs officials appear to be illegally confiscating food and drink from Britons arriving at their ports following Brexit.

Officers wearing hi-vis vests in Holland are grabbing anything people can eat or drink – including entire packed lunches – from people in cars and trucks. They have posted images of their haul on social media which includes muesli, fruit juice and oranges as well as chicken breasts and ham sandwiches wrapped in foil.

However, EU rules makes clear that border officials can only confiscate ‘products of animal origin’.

The guidance reads: ‘If you travel to the EU from a non-EU country, you are not allowed to bring any meat or dairy products with you. You can however bring a limited quantity of fruit and vegetables as well as eggs, egg products and honey. Restricted quantities of fish or fish products are also allowed.’

On this basis, the dutch officials at the Hook of Holland ferry terminal, where sailings from Harwich in Essex arrive several times daily, are overstepping the mark. They said the offending items had been destroyed under rules requiring a health certificate for bringing food into the EU.

A row emerged this week after ‘nit-picking’ border police took ham sandwiches off a truck driver and told him: ‘Welcome to Brexit.’ One dutch customs officer responded to criticism on social media, writing: ‘The UK wanted their Brexit if necessary, so go complain to Boris Johnson and not to the dutch customs.’

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: ‘We have the highest food standards in Europe. We need to talk to the EU about what is really quite pathetic nit-picking. Otherwise this will not be good for the dutch ports, hauliers will go somewhere else.’

Sales of Viagra soared ahead of the UK leaving the EU, figures reveal.

demand for the blue pills and other erectile dysfunction treatments was up 40 per cent in the eight weeks to January 1, according to online pharmacy EveAdam.

Concerns about a hard Brexit sparked fears that Viagra – produced in Ireland – would be in short supply this year.