The UK and the EU have agreed a draft deal on removing post-Brexit checks on food and farm exports, according to BBC News. It comes ahead of a UK-EU summit later this month.

The BBC understands the 200-page draft text has been sent to EU nations in Brussels. EU ambassadors are due to discuss it at a meeting called Coreper on Wednesday. Draft texts on emissions trading and a youth travel and work scheme have also been sent, the BBC reports.

The food deal is the biggest part of the so-called Brexit reset agreed so far, the BBC says. It should remove the need for £200 Export Health Certificates, £25 plant health certificates and many other fees and checks. UK exports to the EU of fresh sausages, burgers, shellfish from UK waters and seed potatoes would be able to resume. Pet passports would also work for UK pets taken into the EU.

In return, the UK would commit to following EU rules on plant, animal and food trade standards, the BBC reports. This is called "dynamic alignment." The government says the UK economy will eventually see £5.1bn worth of benefits each year.

The deal would matter most in Northern Ireland, the BBC reports. Food sent there from elsewhere in the UK now needs paperwork and some checks at the ports. A deal would end those requirements over time.

Supermarkets and farm groups back the plans, the BBC says, but some pro-Brexit campaigners have criticised taking on EU rules again. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said in an interview with ITV that "the public need to be the boss when it comes to whatever happens with Brexit."

Only BBC News has reported this so far, and NewsHabit hasn't seen independent confirmation.

What we know: A draft food and farm trade text has been sent to EU nations for a meeting on Wednesday.
What we don't: Whether EU nations will approve it, and when the new rules would take effect.