I’m all for a ‘smoky bacon border’ that protects our health

Furore over ban on crisp additives that may cause cancer typical of this hapless statelet

Jim Allister said this week that “the latest plan out of Brussels” will “hit our legendary Tayto factory at Tandragee”.

Fionola Meredith

Of all the outrages Brexit has indirectly imposed on our hapless statelet, the worst — the very worst — must be the smoky bacon border.

This week we learned that local crisp makers will be subject to a European Union ban on smoke flavourings because of the new trading arrangements.