Comment on Deal with EU will make food cheaper and add £9bn to UK economy, says No 10

• mbirth@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Central to the agreement is the new agrifoods deal, known as an SPS agreement, which removes red tape on food and drink exports, removing some routine checks on animal and plant products completely. In return, the UK will accept some dynamic alignment on EU food standards and a role for the European court of justice in policing the deal.

  source

  • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Thanks.

    source
  • rah@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That doesn’t mention domestic sales.

    source

    • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes it dose just not in ELI5 language.

      Alignment of on EU food standards clearly states our own standards must math the EUs.

      source

      • rah@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yes it dose just not in ELI5 language.

        I think you’re confusing “ELI5 language” and “clear, unambiguous language”.

        Alignment of on EU food standards clearly states our own standards must match the EUs.

        I disagree.

        source

        • -> View More Comments
• rah@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I can’t see any mention of domestic sales, could you quote the part you’re referring to?

  source

  • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Reread.

    Alignment of UK food standards. Means our own standards must continue to meet the EUs.

    This is the only reason the EU will ever accept removal of documentation confirming the standards followed in food it will eat.

    And exactly what remainers claimed about EU trade throughout the ref.

    It is also the exact reason the US trade deals keep failing. Their food standards do not meet ours. So importing US food into the UK would mean deals like this. Where our food standards must align are impossible.

    It really is not that complex. If your standards don’t meet those of the folks your selling to. Your companies are required to proove the items sold meet their standards not yours. Hence all the last 4 years of difficulties selling to the EU.

    source

    • rah@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Alignment of UK food standards.

      Doesn’t contain the words “domestic sales” and is open to interpretation.

      Means our own standards must continue to meet the EUs.

      How have you determined that? I couldn’t find any explanation of what this means, or the text of the agreement.

      source

      • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Your need for an ELI5 is not my issue.

        It’s not a confusion. Our standards are what we require folks to sell food in the UK. If our standards and the EU are aligned. You have to be pretty fucking stupid to keep insisting that dose not relate to domestic sales.

        What the fuck else do you think standards aligned actually means.

        source

        • -> View More Comments