02 Sep 2019 --- The UK retail industry has rejected government claims that there will be no shortages of fresh food under a no-deal Brexit scenario. MP Michael Gove was questioned about food supplies on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show yesterday, insisting that "everyone will have the food they need" if Britain leaves the EU without a deal. But retailers – who have been warning for years a no-deal would be “catastrophic” on food supply – have hit back. “It is categorically untrue that the supply of fresh food will be unaffected under a no-deal Brexit. The retail industry has been crystal clear in its communications with Government over the past 36 months that the availability of fresh foods will be impacted as a result of checks and delays at the border,” says a British Retail Consortium (BRC) spokesperson.