Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 45906

Foot and Mouth Disease: Hungary and Slovakia

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect British (a) farmers and (b) produce from the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in (i) Hungary and (ii) Slovakia.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Government has stepped up measures to protect the UK from Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) following recent outbreaks in Central Europe and Germany. This includes a ban on imports of live animals and certain animal products to Great Britain from Hungary, ...

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