Phytosanitary technician carefully inspecting at a zucchini
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A shortage of veterinary surgeons in the UK could provide a serious obstacle to exports of live animals and animal products to the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

A whole new level of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks could come into force, and some of these would also apply to fresh produce exports.

Delegates to an FTA conference in London last week were told that a no-deal Brexit would mean the UK moving to the list of third-party countries, ...

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