The UK will start having problems with supplies of fresh vegetables and fruits from Dec. 27 if the UK-France border is not unblocked within the next 24 hours, a parliamentary committee was told on Tuesday afternoon. To stem the spread of a new variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus detected in the UK, the French government suspended all travel from Britain for 48 hours from 11 p.m. Sunday night (midnight Paris time), including travel linked to goods transported by road, air, sea, or rail. British retailers have urged the government to prevent prolonged suspension of cross-Channel transport, which they say would disrupt supplies of fresh produce to UK consumers. The British Retail Consortium (BRC), a business group representing the retail industry, said the UK is heavily dependent on continental Europe for fresh fruits and salad vegetables in the winter season, as such fresh produce is not grown in …