Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 17561

Agricultural Products: Import Controls

Tabled: 9 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Ben Goldsborough

LabourSouth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of the biosecurity threat posed by personal imports.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
Defra monitors animal disease outbreaks worldwide and assesses the risk of them entering Great Britain, including via personal imports. Preliminary outbreak assessments and qualitative risk assessments are available at www.gov.uk/government/collections/an...

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