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Pigs heads and other meat exports are rotting in Rotterdam as “eye-watering” post-Brexit paperwork stifles the UK meat industry

120+ lorries are currently believed to be stuck at the Dutch port. One lorry carrying pork has been there for nearly 3 weeks politicshome.com/news/article/p…

Meat exporters are suffering the same problems as fish traders: long delays, cancelled orders, exports destroyed

The new system is "eye-watering" and "fundamentally not designed for short shelf-life food," industry leaders said

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Pigs heads have been sat waiting to enter Holland for weeks amid confusion over what checks must take place

EU customers import them from the UK to make products like sausages and pâté

Now they're rotting and costing British businesses thousands

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"Scottish fishermen are going to get compensated... What have we been offered so far? Nothing," said the BMPA's David Lindars

Johnson will face calls to compensate more businesses for their Brexit losses. The meat industry says: why fishermen, but not us? politicshome.com/news/article/p…

And lamb/sheep exporters have growing problems, too

Calais officials are sending lorries back to the UK and the cost of driving back and forth over several days will fall on farmers, the NSA warned

"There are huge hold-ups"

Story w/ @Kate_M_Proctor politicshome.com/news/article/p…