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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...