Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 52971
Foot and Mouth Disease: Import Controls
Tabled: 16 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025
Question
Edward Morello
Liberal Democrat — West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure appropriate biosecurity checks are carried out on (a) vehicles and (b) goods arriving from France to prevent the spread of foot and mouth
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThis Government has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD), following a further confirmed case in Hungary, close to the Austrian border. The Government has already banned personal imports of cattle, sheep and other rumin...
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