Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 19081

Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control

Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 19 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Dr Neil Hudson

ConservativeEpping Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of the UK's disease response capability in relation to foot and mouth disease.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
To reduce the risk of foot and mouth disease (FMD) to the UK, in collaboration with our National Reference Laboratory and international partners, Defra monitors the threat presented by different trade routes and works. The risk of incursion is currently c...

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