Yet Another Brexit Benefit; With Many Food Stuffs Having To Be Labelled ‘Not For Eu’

[Hymie]

Ha ha ha.

 

[bazwillrun]

"Soverign"

err, whats that ?...

[Hymie]

Some don’t seem to understand this UK legislation – come October next year, certain domestic (and imported) foodstuffs destined for the UK must be labelled ‘Not for EU’ – as explained in the video.

[bazwillrun]

Everybody does understand ,your beloved eureich standards mean just about squat to most people...its you that doesnt understand that nobody cares about your obsessional rants about the eureich....go there, leave us alone we'll get on just fine without you..and you know what you can do with your eureich standards..

[Old_Geezer]

You ask why. Probably because gutless politicians fail to trigger a rethink on our ridiculous Irish Sea internal border, which presently causes problems. That isn't about Brexit as some like to claim, it is about stupid post Brexit agreements with a federal block that are incapable, or who refuse to, solve their own border issues while keeping to the Befast Agreement. All the more evidence as to why any self respecting nation should avoid bring part of that group.

[gulliver1]

All the money the UK claims to have saved since Brexit has been trousered by The Con Crony Club . Think it's know as shooting yourself in the foot .lol  🤣..OK.

[Hymie]

As OG says, all the problems we have as a result of Brexit, are nothing to do with Brexit.

[Togo]

It is so that goods moved into the part of the UK called N. Ireland from the mainland cannot be sold in the South. There is now a lucrative cross border smuggling operation in operation moving M & S pigs in blankets, under cover of darkness, to the deprived souls in Dublin.    

[Togo]

//However, the government has suggested in its most recent guidance that it may not fully enforce the new rules in the initial period after introduction.// Oo err missus. More confected UESSR small mindedness then.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/23/first-not-for-eu-labels-appear-on-supermarket-food-in-northern-ireland-brexit-asda

[New Judge]

“Once UK citizens start seeing domestic foodstuffs labelled ‘Not for EU’, many will think that it does not meet minimum EU standards, and is of inferior quality..”

Those of them blessed with just a little more sense than they were born with will think nothing of the sort. They will understand that it is the result of the EU being fearful that their precious “Single Market” is being invaded by contraband goods and they are incapable of devising methods to prevent such an invasion other than insisting the labelling of goods to that effect. As explained by Togo, there is a black market springing up in Ireland and this labelling will put a stop to it. After all, who in their right mind would buy food with “Not for EU” printed in eight point font on the pack. Especially when it is produced in the same place, from the same ingredients and by the same methods as the same stuff without such labelling. Of course EU customers are quite happy to trust the quality of foodstuffs produced in such havens of good husbandry and hygiene such as Greece, Romania and Bulgaria and I’m quite sure they are likely to believe that the UK is a cesspit of disease and germs. The reason no other country has to produce such ridiculous labelling is that no other country has an open border with a bureaucratic idiocy and it is a feature which the EU simply can neither cope with nor comprehend.   

Of course these Irish border issues, which seem to worry nobody in either the UK or Ireland, are being addressed in order to satisfy the EU. An open Irish border was seen as totally incompatible with the EU’s Single Market, but it seems that a message in small print on foodstuff labels, which is unlikely to be noticed by anybody, least of all cause them any concern, satisfies the regulation-hungry Euro bureaucrats.

[barry1010]

No different from the single bags of crisps and pop cans printed with 'not for retail sale' because they are sold in multipacks.

[THECORBYLOON]

Regarding multi-packs, there is no legal restriction on selling them individually.

[barry1010]

That is true, Corby, I think most corner shops break up multi packs.  

[andres]

Quite simple --it's to do with the agreement between the EU and the UK called the Windsor framework. If certain foods are labelled not for the EU then it makes trade  easier between us and NI and the EU. Instead of all the red tape and form filling there will be two lane traffic.One for goods to NI  the other labelled 'not for EU' meaning those goods can not be forwarded onto the EU.  Sorry I can't be more explicit. 

[New Judge]

"Sorry I can't be more explicit."

I think you've been very explicit.

But it has to be said that it wouldn't matter too much whether you have or you haven't. The OP is almost certainly aware of the reason for this labelling. However, as can be gathered from both the title of the thread and his input to it, he has chosen to make a massive mountain out of a tiny molehill. This is largely because he cannot accept that the UK has chosen a different path which does not involved membership of the EU and takes every opportunity to highlight the changes in our processes and procedures which are required to travel that path. These all contribute to his claim that Brexit has been an "absolute disaster" (or similar descriptions of catstrophe). Which, of course, is utter nonsense.

Some of the things he highlights have some merit, which is expected because unravelling 50 years of legal entanglement is bound to raise some problems. But many - such as this - simply emphasise his apparent need to clutch at straws.

[ToraToraTora]

20:24 bang on as usual judge, your patience with this idiot is impressive.

[gulliver1]

TTT 10.02   You are getting very fond of calling people who you disagree with.. Idiots.. these days. If you want to meet a real first class Idiot ...just look into a mirror. OK.

[vulcan42]

Aren't we Answerbank users blessed to have experts such as hymie and gulliver who between them know exactly what everybody else in the country is thinking?

[Peter Pedant]

Once UK citizens start seeing domestic foodstuffs labelled ‘Not for EU’, many will think that it does not meet minimum EU standards, and is of inferior quality..”

Those of them blessed with just a little more sense than they were born with will think nothing of the sort.

No exactly !

Many being rabid anti EU will thinkthe exact opposite

that it is so labelled because it is HIGHER quality than the EU crap

You read it first on AB

[retrocop]

Vulcan

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