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Exc: DEFRA officials this week told industry leaders that another food had been put on the list of things which could run out in a no-deal Brexit: liquid egg

"Every time I go to a meeting I find out something else," a figure who attended the meeting said businessinsider.com/no-deal-brexit…

Liquid egg transported in bulk and sold to the UK food industry has a shelf-life of 2-3 days

Manufacturers use it to make a range of products

DEFRA this week told industry leaders it is being treated as a vulnerable food in the event of border delays

businessinsider.com/no-deal-brexit…

A meeting attendee said DEFRA's advice was based on Yellowhammer findings, despite senior ministers describing the report as outdated

Labour's @SueHayman1: "This is yet another example of how a no deal Brexit would harm British food manufacturing" businessinsider.com/no-deal-brexit…

@SueHayman1 Business leaders say there's been a "shift in mood and seriousness" since Johnson take over

"Conversations about no deal had been hypothetical up until a few weeks ago. It does not feel like this anymore. It feels like it is happening in two months time." businessinsider.com/no-deal-brexit…

@SueHayman1 While there's been an increase in no-deal prep, big long-standing problems remain

E.g: lack of warehouses

A major toy company that carried out 90% of necessary stockpiling before March has only been to complete 40% of necessary stockpiling for October businessinsider.com/no-deal-brexit…

@SueHayman1 British Lion Eggs told me it's worried that a shortfall in egg products after Brexit would be filled by products of a lower standard imported from non-EU countries

It is "appalled" by HMG's plan to remove import tariffs on egg products in a no deal businessinsider.com/no-deal-brexit…