Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36144
Meat: Smuggling
Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 20 March 2025
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the illegal importation of meat from regions affected by (a) African swine fever and (b) foot and mouth disease on ri
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerWhilst we have never had an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the UK, it remains a key priority in terms of exotic notifiable disease preparedness. The overall risk of an incursion is currently assessed to be medium, and we continue to prepare for ...
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