Salmon farmers urge UK government to cut red tape
2023-08-10T09:34:00
Scotland’s salmon industry irked after a trial to digitise export paperwork ends without replacement
Following Brexit, all fish and chilled food bound for Europe requires a health certificate, a process that is both time-consuming and costly.
But a trial of an online system to replace paper health certificates that was supposed to save traders up to £3 million on paperwork has ended with no replacement in sight, confirms Defra.