Meat: Import Controls
Commons · Question 94131 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is she taking to ensure there is adequate funding and checks at border security for veterinary and meat imports to protect the farming industry against importing issues like
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 8 Dec 2025
Border checks undertaken by competent authorities are an important element of the system designed to manage biosecurity risks. The SPS controls at the border on EU goods implemented under the Border Target Operating Model provide assurance that the underl...