FSA admits no new cash for work on EU reset's new SPS deal

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The FSA has been forced to recruit ‘vital’ extra staff to help carry out the overhaul to Sanitary and Phytosanitary checks, with no guarantees of additional Treasury cash to pay for them

A funding crisis is facing the government’s EU reset talks after food safety bosses revealed they have been given no extra cash to oversee the huge shake-up of food and animal welfare checks at the border, The Grocer can reveal.

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