Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 50546

Food: Import Controls

Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 13 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

LabourTooting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to determine when bans on personal imports of food products should be implemented following disease outbreaks.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Personal imports of meat and dairy products from the European Union (EU) into Great Britain (GB) are subject to a transitional exemption from rules that apply to personal imports from outside the EU single market. As part of our national mission to protec...

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