12 Feb 2019 --- The UK food industry has threatened the British Government with breaking off cooperation at this time of “potential crisis” as the countdown to Brexit continues. In an extraordinary move which signals how industry is in full Brexit crisis management mode, business leaders of more than 30 trade organizations within the UK’s farming and food and drink supply-chain, have come together to write a warning letter to Environment Secretary Michael Gove. It says that businesses are now “totally focused on working to mitigate the catastrophic impact of a no-deal Brexit” with large amounts of time, money, people and effort being diverted to that end – and it cannot be “business as usual” within government.
