meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Food Programme

Brexit's Import Controls

The Food Programme

BBC

Arts, Food

4.4943 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Physical checks will soon be carried out on some foods being imported from the EU, but how will it impact the rest of the UK's food supplies? Jaega Wise investigates.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

You don't need us to tell you there's a general election coming.

0:04.7

So what does it mean for you?

0:06.7

Every day on newscast we dissect the big talking points, the ones that you want to know more about.

0:12.4

With our book of contacts, we talk directly to the people you want to hear from.

0:16.8

And with help from some of the best BBC journalists,

0:19.5

we'll untangle the stories that matter to you.

0:23.0

Join me, Laura Kunsberg, Adam Fleming, Chris Mason and Patty O'Connell for our daily

0:28.4

podcast.

0:29.4

Newscast, listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:38.0

Hello, welcome.

0:40.0

Today big changes on the horizon for food import. I'm in Dover where they're on the brink of

0:46.0

introducing physical checks for certain foods and plants coming in from the EU for the first time

0:51.6

in more than 30 years.

0:53.0

Before Brexit we had total free movement.

0:58.0

So physically does that just mean so trucks

1:01.0

essentially just waved on through?

1:03.0

Absolutely, there was no checks at all.

1:06.0

Except for, there's various security agencies involved with intelligence checks,

1:12.0

contraband smuggling,

1:14.3

people smuggling obviously.

1:17.0

I'm in the back of a white land rover, one of the old school classic types being driven

1:22.0

by, I have to say say an impeccably dressed customs

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.