At this week's Brexit select committee, there was some discussion of potential contingencies in the event of a no deal on Brexit, including the stockpiling of food. Here's our response to this.

Stockpiling of food is not a practical response to a no-deal on Brexit and industry has not been approached by Government to begin planning for this. Retailers do not have the facilities to house stockpiled goods and in the case of fresh produce, it is simply not possible to do so. Our food supply chains are extremely fragile and this is yet further demonstration of the need for an agreement on the backstop to ensure frictionless trade is maintained after the 29 March 2019.

Learn more about our Fair Brexit For Consumers campaign.