Trade is the life blood of our economy

To preserve our future food security, the British meat and livestock industry needs our politicians to work collaboratively with meat processors - the businesses that are operating on the front line of international trade.

We still export to the EU, but now everything is harder more paperwork intensive and expensive

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Meat Industry Manifesto highlights growing UK food security risks

New import charges on food start to bite

Government inaction over December deadline could lose UK £522 million beef export market

Consequences of ‘Not for EU’ labels range from damaging to ridiculous

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The UK meat processing industry is not viable without trade

The ability to trade overseas is key to the viability of the UK meat and livestock industry because the income received for the cuts of meat eaten by UK consumers does not come close to covering the cost of buying an animal and processing it.

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