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Post-Brexit food labelling rules to appease DUP will lead to higher prices, says industry

Draft legislation intended to ensure that full array of products are sold in Northern Ireland

Forcing all UK supermarkets to put “not for EU” labels on meat, dairy and plant products in a move to assuage the concerns of unionists in Northern Ireland will force up prices and increase inflation, ministers have been told.

After months of uncertainty about the post-Brexit regulations, the government has said it will legislate so that the labelling requirement is universal from October as part of a “safeguarding the union” deal with the Democratic Unionist party (DUP).

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