Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 4794

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

Tabled: 9 September 2024
Answered: 17 September 2024
Named Day

Question

Claire Young

Liberal DemocratThornbury and Yate

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes his Department has made to the testing system for bovine TB since August 2021.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Since August 2023, cattle brought into herds in the annual testing part of the Edge Area from higher-risk areas in England (and from Wales) have been subject to post-movement TB testing. This measure has strengthened the mandatory TB post-movement testing...

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