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
Labour — South 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 MorganDefra 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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