Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 26097

Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control

Tabled: 23 January 2025
Answered: 3 February 2025
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 capability for (a) sourcing and (b) deploying a vaccine in relation to an outbreak of foot and mouth.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The UK has been free of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) since 2007 and has plans in place to manage the risk of this disease as set out in the Foot and Mouth Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain supported by the Contingency plan for exotic notifiable d...

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