EU exporters of chilled and frozen meat, fish, cheese, dairy products and some cut flowers have had to present health certificates, signed off by a vet or plant.
BRUSSELS was told to start acting like a grownup over Brexit border checks yesterday. The UK has extended a grace period for some checks on agricultural and food products imported to Northern Ireland from Great Britain. But the EU says it s a breach of international law.
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On social media, he wrote: Focus has to be on achieving agreed practical solutions.
Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O Neill said the DUP must own the consequences of Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol is a direct consequence of Brexit .
She added that the solo run by DUP Minister for Agriculture Gordon Lyons instructing his officials to halt work on further infrastructure, and charging at the ports is clearly a stunt .
Ms O Neill added there was no alternative to the Northern Ireland Protocol.
However, Commission spokesman Daniel Ferrie aid the commission had received reassurances that Mr Lyons announcement had no operational impact on the long term strategy for the implementation of the posts.