Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 49412
Fruit: Import Controls
Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025
Named DayQuestion
Helen Whately
Conservative — Faversham and Mid Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that importers of fresh fruit from outside the UK receive timely advance notification of border inspections.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerBusinesses must notify the competent authorities in advance of a consignment arriving in GB when it contains High risk or Medium A risk plants and plant products as they are subject to phytosanitary controls. Upon completion of the notification an initial...
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