More technicalities have emerged which will severely disrupt the movement of pedigree livestock from Britain to NI in the new year.
The latest issue surrounds NI livestock taken to a sale in Britain, but that need to return to NI either because they are unsold or purchased by another NI breeder.
“They have to be resident in the country since birth or at least for six months prior to dispatch to the EU, or in this case NI,” a UK government official said during an online briefing on Tuesday.
It means that any NI cattle and sheep that cross the Irish Sea after 1 January 2021 will need to stay there for at least six months.