Product standards, safety and liability is also reserved to the UK Government under Section C8, which includes the subject matter of all technical standards and requirements in relation to products that had effect immediately before IP completion day in pursuance of an obligation under EU law, product safety and liability and product labelling. However, there are exceptions to this reservation as follows:
“Food, agricultural and horticultural produce, fish and fish products, seeds, animal feeding stuffs, fertilisers and pesticides (including anything treated as if it were a pesticide by virtue of section 16(16) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985).