Brexit: driver’s sandwich confiscated on Dutch border due to new rules

Brexit: driver’s sandwich confiscated on Dutch border due to new rules

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London (CNN) – A Dutch television network has filmed border officials seizing food, including meatballs, from travelers entering the UK from the UK – blaming post-Brexit rules.

In a segment broadcast on the public broadcaster NPO 1, officials are shown explaining to a driver arriving at Hoek van Holland: the home of an international ferry terminal: ‘Since Brexit, you are no longer allowed to go to Europe take, such as meat, fruits, vegetables, fish – such things. “

One driver, with sandwiches wrapped in tin foil, asks if he can hold the bread and give up the meat, but is told by an official: “No, everything will be confiscated. Welcome to Brexit, sir, I’m sorry.”

Now the UK has left the internal market and the customs union; goods crossing the border are subject to customs and other checks.

The British government warns managers that they cannot transport ‘products of animal origin’, such as meat or dairy products, such as ham and cheese sandwiches, into the country. EU.

Border guards seized the sandwiches, a TV segment showed.

Border guards seized the sandwiches, a TV segment showed.

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“Drivers traveling to the EU should be aware of additional restrictions on personal imports,” the guide said. “If you carry prohibited items in your luggage, vehicle or person, you must use, consume or throw them away at or in front of the border,” it adds.

The Dutch customs agency also warned travelers in the UK of similar restrictions, and wrote on Instagram in November that from 1 January: ‘Typical products such as cheddar, solidified cream and Scottish haggis will then no longer be allowed with you.’
The European Commission states in its guidance: “Personal goods containing meat, milk or their products brought into the EU continue to pose a real threat to animal health throughout the Union.” It adds that “dangerous pathogens that cause animal diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease and classical swine fever, can occur in meat, milk or their products.”

Border staff told NPO 1 that once the coronavirus restrictions disappear, an influx of travelers could lead to longer waiting times for those entering the country.

“Look now, at the moment, the volumes, as you have seen, are quite small this morning – 30 cars,” Customs team leader Rien de Ruijter told the TV channel.

“We naturally expect that when the Covid measures disappear, these numbers will increase, and then the waiting time may also increase. And that can certainly lead to irritation,” he added.

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