Post-Brexit Border Controls on Food, Fresh Produce Delayed Until 2024

UK border signs are pictured at the passport control in Arrivals in Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London on July 16, 2019. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images

The government has announced a delay in the introduction of post-Brexit controls on food and fresh produce coming from the EU.

The new border model will start operating in January 2024, instead of the original plan to introduce controls this October.