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The UK’s cheese industry is wary of Brexit

Cheesemakers, importers and exporters fear that leaving the European Union will be bad for business.

A cheesemaker mills curds in Dymock, Gloucestershire, in southwest England in February.
A cheesemaker mills curds in Dymock, Gloucestershire, in southwest England in February.
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Of all the dire warnings of what might befall Britain after leaving the European Union, this is one of the oddest — a cheese crisis. The country spends more than $3.5 billion a year on this coagulated comestible and now faces rising prices and even shortages, thanks to last year’s Brexit referendum, which approved Britain leaving the European Union.

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