British food sector representatives have urged the government to introduce a transition period if it agrees to realign post-Brexit agriculture rules with the EU. The point of the UK-EU reset is to remove the barriers that have led thousands of businesses to stop exporting to the EU, and to reduce supermarket prices. Talks between British and EU officials began in London last week with the aim of removing much of the Brexit paperwork for both sides. The Andersons Centre, a consultancy commissioned by Croplife to quantify the cost of realigning with EU rules, said in its report that the UK “has maintained equivalent legal, scientific, and technical standards to the EU, as it adopted EU legislation wholesale following EU exit”. The plea from the industry comes as farming representatives complain of lack of engagement on the topic with the government.