Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 3820
Swine Fever: Africa
Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024
Named DayQuestion
Dr Neil Hudson
Conservative — Epping Forest
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of African swine fever on the pig industry.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerWhilst we have never had an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in the UK, the risk level for an incursion of ASF is currently assessed as medium and we continue to prepare for an outbreak. The practical impacts of a reasonable worst-case scenario outbr...
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