Foot and Mouth Disease: Hungary and Slovakia
Commons · Question 45906 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
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
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 28 Apr 2025
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, ...