Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 58845

Animal Products: Import Controls

Tabled: 10 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of existing border enforcement measures in preventing the illegal import of products of animal origin linked to foot

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Our assessments of the risk of foot and mouth disease incursions, which take account of disease prevention measures including the effectiveness of border controls in preventing illegal imports of products of animal origin, are available here.