Fear over ‘food rot’ at border
ASDA boss Roger Burnley fears mountains of rotting food after Brexit.
He warned yesterday that a hard Brexit could leave grub rotting at the border.
Mr Burnley said that anything disrupting established food supply chains, currently governed by EU customs arrangements, would have “significant consequences”. He said: “What would be scary is the prospect of any hold-up at the border. You’d be eating into the life of products with all sorts of implications for waste, for freshness, for quality. We want hassle-free frictionless borders – it’s number one on my list.”
Businesses such as Airbus and BMW have become increasingly vocal in recent weeks over the impact of Brexit, calling for clarity as the Government continued to dither over its position.