Meat has replaced car parts as Poland’s biggest import to Britain, giving the country more cause than many in the European Union to closely monitor how Britain’s post-Brexit border checks work out.
Chicken, turkey, fish and ham destined for supermarkets such as Tesco and Sainsbury’s, as well as local delicacies such as dried kielbasa sausage appearing in delis represent £1.2 billion or 8.6 per cent of all goods imported by Britain from Poland, according to official figures.
“You might not wander into the Polski skleps on your high street but if you are buying from the mainstream retailers there is a high probability that you will have tasted meat, fish or poultry from Poland,” said Michael Dembinski, chief adviser at the British Polish Chamber of
