Brits left baffled by Brexit's 'not for EU' food labels

It looked like this (except with a bit different numbers): https://twitter.com/jonworth/status/1463961078593896450

I guess this is yet another great Brexit victory.

I don't think they are just yet, but I also assume that that is where this will all head.

> Shoppers can rest assured, however, that the labels do not denote a reduction in standards. Aside from some divergence on pesticides, British food standards so far remain largely unchanged since Brexit.

The eu regulations no longer apply to food companies operating in the UK, as the UK no longer is in eu-jurisdiction.

The uk govt would have to re-implement them one by one, which a) would be a considerable effort and b) defeats the point of brexit, and thus likely come at political costs.

/edit: thanks for the responses, TIL.

Complicating the issue is Northern Ireland which effectively falls under the jurisdiction of both. If British products need to be sold there, they need to be distinguishable somehow from the versions that are allowed to leave Northern Ireland into the rest of the EU.

That combination of shared jurisdiction and lack of trade infrastructure is how you get these labels. Its the laziest solution to a self-imposed problem.

It doesn't matter. When people see "not for EU" in a label, what they understand is "not for EU because it doesn't meet the EU requirements", which implies that the EU has higher requirements which aren't being met by that product. And a further implication (understandable since brexit means "we don't have to follow the EU requirements anymore") is that the EU requirements haven't changed, but the UK requirements have, and the product only follows these new lower requirements.

I bet UK has a good hold on domestic animal husbandry given the history and geography.

But that's exactly my point, you're seeing this as a person having made a foolish decision, and now suffering for it.

But there is no such person mentioned in the article. It's an entirely imagined hypocrite.

I imagine all of the people upset that they no longer have EU food standards voted to keep the EU food standards...

The people mentioned in the article are from london and are eating "Ardennes-style pâté". They are not, as a class, people who voted for brexit. In the article, one of them complains about the nationalistic fervour of others that led them to this point.

I don't imagine there are any brexit voters out there who feel anything other than pleased about the appearance of "not for EU" labels. They probably feel it supports long-suffering local farmers, and will serve to stimulate the production of things in the UK as opposed to importing it from eastern/southern Europe. Whether they are right or not is entirely immaterial to my point, which is that people who know very little about matters persist in feeling superior over people they don't understand the motivations of

I don't know if it's true of other nationalities, but Americans definitely project their domestic politics onto foreign conflicts and controversies that they know nothing about, and then very strongly take sides (e.g. viewing Israel/Palestine as something close to American racial politics with funny accents).

Quite a lot of people spoke of both of these, loudly, between the vote and the implementation. Their concerns were not only ignored, they were derided for bring it up.