NFEU

NFEU means "Not For EU", and is on goods, on sale in Britain and Northern Ireland that cannot be sold in the EU.

That is not to mean they are substandard, it means that they are not certified to be in compliance with EU regulations, though probably still are.

Once Brexit was defined, as Mad May did, that it meant leaving the Single Market and Customs Union, that mandated a regulatory border. At ports, airports, etc. But as I learned very early on in Brexit, Northern Ireland was tricky.

Fix that issue, and Brexit would be easy.

It hasn't been fixed, but had a sticking plaster applied, soo it works, meaning that goods thus marked NFEU can enter Northern ireland from Britain via a "green channel", but cannot cross the border into the Republic.

Some goods thus marked have been seen for sale in Britain, and some might think this means these are substandard goods, but in relaity manufacturers would label all prodce in a line like this to simplify production.

Alignment in standards in any of its forms, is more than about trust. Its about certification, being able to prove that what you produce or supply meets the EU standards and comply with their regulations. That costs money and time, and for some companies, just not worth it.

On 31st January 2020, the UK and EU had aligned standards, and perhaps still do, though the UK has allowed the use of some pesticides which are banned in te EU, but what we were is not important, its what happens in the future. Divergance of standards and regulations was sold as one of the reasons for Brexit, under the catch-all phrase "soverignty", so any divergance in the future would make the border between Britain and the EU "harder", as manufacturers and suppliers would have to prove compliance.

So, the labelling of not for the EU does not mean any produce now or in the future is substandard and should be avoided, but it might.

And that Brexit promised reduced red tape is revealled each day as the lie it always was.