Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 53244

Foot and Mouth Disease: Dairy Farming

Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 27 May 2025

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of a foot and mouth disease outbreak on the dairy sector.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The impacts of a reasonable worst-case scenario outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) were assessed in 2023 for the National Risk Register which is available on GOV.UK. These national risks are reviewed on a regular basis, taking into account new devel...
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