Post-Brexit border checks putting food security at risk, produce sellers warn

The border changes, introduced in April, were intended to improve Britain’s biosecurity. Photograph: Antonio Zazueta Olmos/Antonio Olmos

New Brexit border checks are reducing consumer choice and compromising Britain’s food security, according to fresh produce sellers and plant growers.

A joint letter from the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) and the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has called for an urgent meeting with the government over the continued problems their members face when importing plants and cut flowers under the current border system.