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BMPA chief executive highlights huge ongoing costs of post-Brexit export barriers
0The new chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has highlighted in parliament the huge barriers that continue to hamper red meat exports to Europe and the potential benefits of a ‘pragmatic’ agreement to remove them with the EU.  John Powell gave evidence yesterday to the House of Lords European Affairs Committee on the prospective sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement between the UK and EU. Giving evidence alongside NFU president Tom Bradshaw and Richard Ballantyne, chief executive of the British Ports Association, Mr Powell said post-Brexit SPS barriers continue to impose unnecessary cost and friction on UK meat…