31 Jan 2020 --- Four years after a referendum in Britain was passed signaling the UK’s wish to pull out of the EU the official Brexit Day has arrived. To mark the occasion, the UK’s National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has mobilized a coalition of 60 farming, environmental, animal welfare and public health organizations to address Prime Minister Boris Johnson in an open letter on trade and standards. “It is vital that we have more than just verbal assurances to ensure our standards are properly safeguarded,” the letter delcares.