UK-EU SPS Agreement - Information for Businesses

On 19 May 2025, the UK government and the European Union (EU) agreed to pursue a new Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) agreement. This, together with the Windsor Framework, will make it easier, cheaper and more predictable for goods to move not just between the UK and the EU, but also within the UK itself, including smoother movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. 

This agreement covers the trade, production and movement of plants, animals and their products; food and feed safety; broader nutrition-related areas such as food supplements, fortified foods, food for specific groups, nutrition and health claims, and nutrition labelling; wider agrifood rules related to food labelling, organics, key agri-food marketing standards and compositional standards; as well as regulation of pesticides and biocides. 

More information has been published by Defra here: UK-EU SPS Agreement - Information for Businesses - GOV.UK

This includes who these changes will apply to and when, the benefit of these changes, what these will mean for businesses, what businesses can do now to start getting ready (including signing up for Defra email alerts), and the launch of a Call for Information to understand the impact of the agreement and what further support businesses will need in order to prepare.