Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97361
African Swine Fever: Disease Control
Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 12 December 2025
Question
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what biosecurity procedures are in place for (a) detained and (b) uncollected meat consignments at UK border control posts to prevent the transmission of African Swine Fever.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleAll consignments of pork and pork products are checked at bio-secure border control posts to ensure that they have been effectively treated to mitigate the risk of African Swine Fever or they originate from a region declared free of the disease. Border Fo...
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