Agenda item

Brexit Readiness - Verbal Update

Meeting of Port Health & Environmental Services Committee, Tuesday, 7th May, 2024 11.00 am (Item 12.)

Interim Executive Director for Environment to be heard.

Minutes:

The Committee received a verbal update of the Interim Executive Director for Environment concerning Port Health Brexit Readiness.

The Committee heard that on 30^th April 2024, the second phase of controls on imported food and feed had been introduced, which included physical, sampling and identity checks. The new border control regime was projecting figures of throughout of approximately 140,000 consignments for the Port Health Service. Following the first day of the new regime, there had been some minor issues including IT issues, but these had since been resolved. There were no hold ups at the Ports, and the current position was good. In the coming months, the Service would be ale to collect more data on imports which could be interrogated more closely to analyse progress.

RESOLVED – That the verbal report be received.