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		</div><p>A no-deal Brexit may have a far more severe impact on the UK&#8217;s food supplies than coronavirus, according to academics.</p>
<p>Experts from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have warned possible price hikes could make it harder for some people to consume the recommended five portions a day of fruit and vegetables.</p>
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<p>They looked at what could happen if the UK fails to secure a Brexit deal before the transition period expires at the end of December.</p>
<blockquote><p>This can have important effects on the nutrition of the UK population</p></blockquote>
<p>Cesar Revoredo-Giha and Montserrat Costa-Font, from SRUC’s food marketing research team, said: “Whilst Covid-19 has already had an impact on prices and imports, a no-deal Brexit may have far more severe effects on the food chain.”</p>
<p>They warned “the effect of a no-deal Brexit may disrupt the fruit and vegetable supply in multiple ways”.</p>
<p>The pair spoke out after comparing the price of 20 fruits and vegetables between March and April this year and the same period last year.</p>
<p>During the coronavirus crisis, imports of fruit and vegetables from the EU fell, with the prices of onions up by 26.7% between March and April.</p>
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<p>Over the same period, the prices of mushrooms and tomatoes also increased by more than 10%.</p>
<p>They noted the “significant price differences” in a blog post published by the London School of Economics and Political Science.</p>
<p>The pair said the UK is “highly dependent” on imports of both fruit and vegetables, adding: “On vegetables, the UK imports more than half of the tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, mushrooms, peppers and lettuce it consumes.</p>
<p>“Between 75% and 100% of these products were imported from the EU in 2019.</p>
<p>“This share did not vary much during Covid-19, except in the case of tomatoes and onions, where we do observe a reduction of EU imports during the first quarter of 2020.”</p>
<p>The SRUC experts added such “disruptions” to the supply of fruit and veg could “exert important effects on their price and, potentially, consumption in the UK”.</p>
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<p>They said: “This can have important effects on the nutrition of the UK population, particularly for those with limited income, hampering any improvement towards the five-a-day goal.”</p>
<p>Figures for across the UK showed that in 2018 just over a quarter (28%) of adults were eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables per day – with people consuming on average 3.7 portions.</p>
<p>Fewer men than women meet the five-a-day guideline, while only 18% of children aged between five and 15 managed to eat five servings of fruit and vegetables per day.</p>
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